Description
The CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long consumer name, as demonstrated by an M-POST request to a long /CIMListener/ URI.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- IBM Director 5.20.3su2 CIM Server - Remote Denial of Service EDB-8190 · dos · Mar 10, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- ADV-2009-0656 vdb-entry
- 52615 vdb-entry
- 20090310 SEC Consult SA-20090305-1 :: IBM Director CIM Server Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability mailing-list
- 34212 third-party-advisory
- https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/download.do?source=dmp&S_PKG=director_x_520&S_TACT=sms&lang=en_US&cp=UTF-8
- director-cim-consumer-dos(49285) vdb-entry
- 1021825 vdb-entry
- 34061 vdb-entry
- 8190 exploit
- https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-1_IBM_director_DoS.txt