CVE-2009-2493
The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1, and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1; and Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and…
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Description
The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1, and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1; and Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2; does not properly restrict use of OleLoadFromStream in instantiating objects from data streams, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document with an ATL (1) component or (2) control, related to ATL headers and bypassing security policies, aka "ATL COM Initialization Vulnerability."
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 37.76% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264, CWE-94
- Affected
- microsoft/visual c\+\+ · microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows vista · microsoft/windows xp · microsoft/visual studio
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspxBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35967
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36187
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36374
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36746
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38568
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41818
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264648-1Broken Link
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1Broken Link
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020775.1-1Broken Link
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-04.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-11.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7004997&sliceId=1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2493.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2034
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0366
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-035
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-055
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-060
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-072
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.