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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2009-0089

Windows HTTP Services (aka WinHTTP) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Vista Gold allows remote web servers to impersonate arbitrary https web sites by using DNS spoofing to "forward a connection" to a different…

MEDIUM 5.8EPSS 5.07%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Windows HTTP Services (aka WinHTTP) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Vista Gold allows remote web servers to impersonate arbitrary https web sites by using DNS spoofing to "forward a connection" to a different https web site that has a valid certificate matching its own domain name, but not a certificate matching the domain name of the host requested by the user, aka "Windows HTTP Services Certificate Name Mismatch Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
EPSS
5.07% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows vista · microsoft/windows xp
Source
secure@microsoft.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.