Buffer overflow in Ca Etrust Pestpatrole Ppctl.dll Activex

CVE-2009-4225

Stack-based buffer overflow in the PestPatrol ActiveX control (ppctl.dll) 5.6.7.9 in CA eTrust PestPatrol allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the Initialize method.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.306 (98.2th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2009-4225: held from 0.306 to 0.306.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.306 · newest: 0.306 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-4225?
CVE-2009-4225 is a vulnerability in Ca Etrust Pestpatrole Ppctl.dll Activex, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2009-12-08.
Is CVE-2009-4225 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.