CVE-2009-4654

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-02-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the dhost module in Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP5 for Windows allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via long sadminpwd and verifypwd parameters in a submit action to /dhost/httpstk.

Affected products

Novell eDirectory: 8.8-sp5

References

http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/37042-2.pl
http://tcc.hellcode.net/advisories/hellcode-adv005.txt
http://tcc.hellcode.net/sploitz/httpstk.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507926/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37042
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023188
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54308
http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/37042-2.pl
http://tcc.hellcode.net/advisories/hellcode-adv005.txt
http://tcc.hellcode.net/sploitz/httpstk.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507926/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37042

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