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CVE-2009-1083

Status: ModifiedHigh (9)—

Sun Java System Identity Manager (IdM) 7.0 through 8.0 on Linux, AIX, Solaris, and HP-UX permits "control characters" in the passwords of user accounts, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via vectors involving "resource adapters."

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

SUN — Java System Identity Manager

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