CVE-2009-2344

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-07-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The web-based management interfaces in Sourcefire Defense Center (DC) and 3D Sensor before 4.8.2 allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a $admin value for the admin parameter in an edit action to admin/user/user.cgi and unspecified other components.

Affected products

Sourcefire 3D Sensor: through 4.8.1; 4.8, 4.8.0.3, 4.8.0.4
Sourcefire Defense Center: through 4.8.1; 4.8, 4.8.0.3, 4.8.0.4

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/35658
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9074
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504694/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35553
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022500
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1785
http://secunia.com/advisories/35658
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9074
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504694/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35553
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022500
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1785

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