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CVE-2008-4559

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 24.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-02-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 7.01, 7.51, and 7.53 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in argument fields to the (1) webappmon.exe or (2) OpenView5.exe CGI program. NOTE: this issue may be partially covered by CVE-2009-0205.

Affected products

• HP Openview Network Node Manager: 7.0.1, 7.51, 7.53

References

• http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01661610
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=770
• http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01661610
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=770

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