CVE-2009-4225
Stack-based buffer overflow in the PestPatrol ActiveX control (ppctl.dll) 5.6.7.9 in CA eTrust PestPatrol allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the Initialize method.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 30.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the PestPatrol ActiveX control (ppctl.dll) 5.6.7.9 in CA eTrust PestPatrol allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the Initialize method.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 30.62% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 11 November 2010
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- ca/etrust pestpatrole ppctl.dll activex
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 30.6% 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.
References
- http://www.fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/vulnerability/ca.etrust.pestpatrol.ppctl.dll.activex.access.html
- http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7167/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/etrust_pestscan.rbExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37133Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54458
- http://www.fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/vulnerability/ca.etrust.pestpatrol.ppctl.dll.activex.access.html
- http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7167/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/etrust_pestscan.rbExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37133Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54458
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