Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2009-2507
A certain ActiveX control in the Indexing Service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly process URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via unspecified vectors that cause a "vulnerable binary" to load and run, aka "Memory Corruption in Indexing Service Vulnerability."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.193 (97.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.193 · newest: 0.193 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6042 (signature, vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-057 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-2507?
- CVE-2009-2507 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000. Published 2009-10-14.
- Is CVE-2009-2507 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.