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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2009-1430

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in IAO.EXE in the Intel Alert Originator Service in Symantec Alert Management System 2 (AMS2), as used in Symantec System Center (SSS); Symantec AntiVirus Server; Symantec AntiVirus Central Quarantine Server;…

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 9.3EPSS 55.1%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 55.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in IAO.EXE in the Intel Alert Originator Service in Symantec Alert Management System 2 (AMS2), as used in Symantec System Center (SSS); Symantec AntiVirus Server; Symantec AntiVirus Central Quarantine Server; Symantec AntiVirus (SAV) Corporate Edition 9 before 9.0 MR7, 10.0 and 10.1 before 10.1 MR8, and 10.2 before 10.2 MR2; Symantec Client Security (SCS) 2 before 2.0 MR7 and 3 before 3.1 MR8; and Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) before 11.0 MR3, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted packet or (2) data that ostensibly arrives from the MsgSys.exe process.

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
55.09% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 13 May 2010
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
symantec/antivirus · symantec/antivirus central quarantine server · symantec/client security · symantec/endpoint protection · symantec/system center
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%30%60%26 October 2026: 55.09%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 55.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-16826source ↗Symantec Alert Management System Intel Alert Originator Service - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)windows · Metasploitremote13 May 2010yes

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