CVE-2009-0229
The Windows Printing Service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 SP2 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a crafted separator page, aka "Print Spooler Read File…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.93%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Windows Printing Service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 SP2 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a crafted separator page, aka "Print Spooler Read File Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.93% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows vista · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 3.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://osvdb.org/54933
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35365
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-217.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35208
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022352
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1541
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-022
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5815
- http://osvdb.org/54933
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35365
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-217.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35208
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022352
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1541
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-022
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5815
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.