What is CVE-2009-5151?

CVE-2009-5151 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Absolute Computrace Agent, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2018-05-11.

How severe is CVE-2009-5151?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Absolute Computrace Agent

CVE-2009-5151

The stub component of Absolute Computrace Agent V70.785 executes code from a disk's inter-partition space without requiring a digital signature for that code, which allows attackers to execute code on the BIOS. This allows a privileged local user to achieve persistent control of BIOS behavior, independent of later disk changes.

Published 2018-05-11 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 39.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Absolute Computrace Agent — versions 70.785

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

www.coresecurity.com/system/files/publications/2016/05/Paper-Deactivate-the-Roo… (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-5151?: CVE-2009-5151 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Absolute Computrace Agent, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2018-05-11.
How severe is CVE-2009-5151?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.