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high 7.5

CVE-2009-4655 in the critical feed json

The dhost web service in Novell eDirectory 8.8.5 uses a predictable session cookie, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack se…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2009-4620

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
50.5%
EPSS 50.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

The dhost web service in Novell eDirectory 8.8.5 uses a predictable session cookie, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack sessions via a modified cookie.

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-33767)

Exploit prediction

50.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit auxiliary/admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie Novell eDirectory DHOST Predictable Session Cookie metasploit auxiliary, normal rank
  • EDB-33767 Novell eDirectory 8.8.5 - DHost Weak Session Cookie Session Hijacking (Metasploit) remote, 2010-03-14
  • metasploit.com http://www.metasploit.com/modules/auxiliary/admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • metasploit.com http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/entry/modules/auxiliary/admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie.rb referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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