CVE-2009-4498

Exp

The node_process_command function in Zabbix Server before 1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted request.

Published: 2009-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-4498 is rated High Exploit Risk (73/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 71.78%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2009-4498

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20796 exploit_db edb 2012-08-27 Exploit-DB ↗
10432 exploit_db edb 2009-12-14 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4498

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 2025-03-30 75.47% 71.78% -3.70%
2 2025-03-29 71.78% 75.47% +3.70%
3 2025-03-17 — 71.78% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4498

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4498

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-4498

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2009-4498 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (zabbix), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4498
ubuntu high CVE-2009-4498 high priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (zabbix), 13 status rows across 13 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): not-affected 7, ignored 4, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4498

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4498

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zabbix zabbix <= 1.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix 1.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix 1.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix 1.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix 1.6.8 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix 1.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix 1.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4498

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