CVE-2009-4462

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the NetBiterConfig utility (NetBiterConfig.exe) 1.3.0 for Intellicom NetBiter WebSCADA allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long hn (hostname) parameter in a crafted HICP-protocol UDP packet.

Published: 2009-12-30 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4462 is rated High Exploit Risk (90.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 52.13%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.46% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-4462

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33403 exploit_db edb 2009-12-14 Exploit-DB ↗
10451 exploit_db edb 2009-12-14 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4462

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-21 50.67% 52.13% +1.46%
2 2025-05-23 44.13% 50.67% +6.54%
3 2025-03-30 44.13%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4462

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4462

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4462

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
intellicom netbiterconfig 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:intellicom:netbiterconfig:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4462

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