{"uuid": "bc2cae3f-fe5a-4ee6-8da7-b9ed511ad900", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2009-4179", "type": "seen", "source": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/hp_nnm_ovalarm_lang.rb", "content": "{\"aliases\": [], \"arch\": \"\", \"author\": [\"jduck \"], \"autofilter_ports\": [80, 8080, 443, 8000, 8888, 8880, 8008, 3000, 8443], \"autofilter_services\": [\"http\", \"https\"], \"check\": false, \"default_credential\": false, \"description\": \"This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in HP OpenView Network Node Manager 7.53.\\n          By sending a specially crafted CGI request to ovalarm.exe, an attacker can execute\\n          arbitrary code.\\n\\n          This specific vulnerability is due to a call to \\\"sprintf_new\\\" in the \\\"isWide\\\"\\n          function within \\\"ovalarm.exe\\\". A stack buffer overflow occurs when processing an\\n          HTTP request that contains the following.\\n\\n          1. An \\\"Accept-Language\\\" header longer than 100 bytes\\n          2. An \\\"OVABverbose\\\" URI variable set to \\\"on\\\", \\\"true\\\" or \\\"1\\\"\\n\\n          The vulnerability is related to \\\"_WebSession::GetWebLocale()\\\".\\n\\n          NOTE: This exploit has been tested successfully with a reverse_ord_tcp payload.\", \"disclosure_date\": \"2009-12-09\", \"fullname\": \"exploit/windows/http/hp_nnm_ovalarm_lang\", \"is_install_path\": true, \"mod_time\": \"2025-06-23 12:43:46 +0000\", \"name\": \"HP OpenView Network Node Manager ovalarm.exe CGI Buffer Overflow\", \"needs_cleanup\": null, \"notes\": {\"Reliability\": [\"unknown-reliability\"], \"SideEffects\": [\"unknown-side-effects\"], \"Stability\": [\"unknown-stability\"]}, \"path\": \"/modules/exploits/windows/http/hp_nnm_ovalarm_lang.rb\", \"platform\": \"Windows\", \"post_auth\": false, \"rank\": 500, \"ref_name\": \"windows/http/hp_nnm_ovalarm_lang\", \"references\": [\"CVE-2009-4179\", \"OSVDB-60930\", \"BID-37347\", \"URL-http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-09-12\", \"URL-http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01950877\"], \"rport\": 80, \"session_types\": false, \"targets\": [\"HP OpenView Network Node Manager 7.53\", \"HP OpenView Network Node Manager 7.53 (Windows 2003)\"], \"type\": \"exploit\"}", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-08T06:51:49.845593Z"}