CVE-2009-0568
The RPC Marshalling Engine (aka NDR) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 SP2 does not properly maintain its internal state, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 32.4%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The RPC Marshalling Engine (aka NDR) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 SP2 does not properly maintain its internal state, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory locations via a crafted RPC message that triggers incorrect pointer reading, related to "IDL interfaces containing a non-conformant varying array" and FC_SMVARRAY, FC_LGVARRAY, FC_VARIABLE_REPEAT, and FC_VARIABLE_OFFSET, aka "RPC Marshalling Engine Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 32.39% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows server · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows vista · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 32.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/06/09/ms09-026-how-a-developer-can-know-if-their-rpc-interface-is-affected.aspxVendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/54936Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35219Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022357Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1545Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-026
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6227Third Party Advisory
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/06/09/ms09-026-how-a-developer-can-know-if-their-rpc-interface-is-affected.aspxVendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/54936Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35219Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022357Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1545Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-026
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6227Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.