CVE-2009-3749

Websense Email Security and Personal Email Manager - Denial of Service via HTTP GET Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2009-3749. PoCs published by Nikolas Sotiriu.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Perl script exploits a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Websense Email Security Web Administrator by sending rapid HTTP requests without waiting for responses, causing the server to crash. The script continuously sends 'GET /index.asp' requests to the target on port 8181, preventing the server from recovering.

Description

The Web Administrator service (STEMWADM.EXE) in Websense Personal Email Manager 7.1 before Hotfix 4 and Email Security 7.1 before Hotfix 4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending a HTTP GET request to TCP port 8181 and closing the socket before the service can send a response.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Nikolas Sotiriu · textdoshardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9980

This Perl script exploits a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Websense Email Security Web Administrator by sending rapid HTTP requests without waiting for responses, causing the server to crash. The script continuously sends 'GET /index.asp' requests to the target on port 8181, preventing the server from recovering.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Websense Email Security v7.1, Personal Email Manager v7.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target server on port 8181
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36740
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507329/100/0/threaded
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2987
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37091

Scores

EPSS 0.0764
EPSS Percentile 93.8%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
websense/email_security 7.1
websense/personal_email_manager 7.1
Published Oct 22, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026