CVE-2009-1126
The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly validate the user-mode input associated with the editing of an unspecified desktop parameter, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly validate the user-mode input associated with the editing of an unspecified desktop parameter, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows Desktop Parameter Edit Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.43% probability · 71th 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
References
- http://osvdb.org/54943
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35372
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022359
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1544
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-025
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6016
- http://osvdb.org/54943
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35372
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022359
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1544
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-025
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6016
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.