01 Record
CVE-2009-0311
The Backbone service (ftbackbone.exe) in EMC AutoStart before 5.3 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a crafted value that is dereferenced as a function pointer.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The Backbone service (ftbackbone.exe) in EMC AutoStart before 5.3 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a crafted value that is dereferenced as a function pointer.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-01-27 22:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 04:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-01-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 61943747612f7830fdf96cd18f4f02e19c486932c01d50cf6660338a6915d4ae
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- osvdb.org51566http://osvdb.org/51566
- secunia.com33667http://secunia.com/advisories/33667
- www.securitytracker.com1021636http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021636
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comautostart-backbone-code-execution(48197)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48197
- www.securityfocus.com20090123 ZDI-09-009: EMC AutoStart Backbone Engine Trusted Pointer Code Execution Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500350/100/0/threaded
- zerodayinitiative.comhttp://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-009/
- www.securityfocus.com33415http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33415