CVE-2009-4661

medium

Published 2010-03-03 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.3

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in BigAnt Server 2.50 SP6 and earlier allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ZIP file that is not properly handled when the victim uses the (1) Update or (2) Plug-In console menu item.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-9695 dos windows verified

Dr_IDE · 2009-09-16

BigAnt Server 2.50 SP1 - '.zip' Local Buffer Overflow (PoC)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-9734 dos windows verified

Dr_IDE · 2009-09-21

BigAnt Server 2.50 SP6 - '.zip' Local Buffer Overflow (PoC) (2)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
bigantsoft	bigant_server	`{"endIncluding":"2.50"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.