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CVE-2009-2344: Sourcefire Defense Center and 3D Sensor allow privilege escalation

CVE-2009-2344 · published 17 years ago

Summary

The web management pages in Sourcefire Defense Center and 3D Sensor (versions before 4.8.2) let logged‑in users increase their access rights by manipulating the admin parameter. This could let a regular user gain administrator‑level control of the system. Upgrade to version 4.8.2 or later, or apply the vendor's recommended patches, to close the gap.

What to do

The CVE record does not list a fixed version. Check the vendor's site or the advisory links below - a fix may already be released.

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
sourcefire	3d_sensor	<= 4.8.1 4.8 4.8.0.3 4.8.0.4 `cpe:2.3:h:sourcefire:3d_sensor::::::::`
sourcefire	defense_center	<= 4.8.1 4.8 4.8.0.3 4.8.0.4 `cpe:2.3:h:sourcefire:defense_center::::::::`

Original advisory text

The web-based management interfaces in Sourcefire Defense Center (DC) and 3D Sensor before 4.8.2 allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a $admin value for the admin parameter in an...

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/35658 Vendor Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9074
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504694/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35553 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022500
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1785 Vendor Advisory

Fix within

Internet-facing 14 days

Internal At next upgrade

Not known to be exploited
Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
Gives an attacker full control (estimated)

Severity

9.0 Critical

Exploitation

9% chance of attack within 30 days

Type

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Timeline

Published7 Jul 2009

Updated15 Oct 2026

First seen29 Sep 2026

Sources

CVE-2009-2344 · NVD

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