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title: "CVE-2009-4189: HP Operations Manager has a default… | CubePath"
description: "HP Operations Manager has a default password of OvW*busr1 for the ovwebusr account, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a session…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4189
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# CVE-2009-4189: HP Operations Manager has a default… | CubePath

## Description

HP Operations Manager has a default password of OvW\*busr1 for the ovwebusr account, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a session that uses the manager role to conduct unrestricted file upload attacks against the /manager servlet in the Tomcat servlet container. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2009-3099 and CVE-2009-3843.

Official description from the CVE record, published by mitre. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4189)

## Key data

### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.78531 (78.5% probability)

Percentile

99.6%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [intevydis.com/blog/?p=87](http://www.intevydis.com/blog/?p=87)

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Dec 3, 2009
2. Record published Dec 3, 2009
3. Record last updated Sep 16, 2024

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