CVE-2009-2516
The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 Gold does not properly validate data sent from user mode, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted PE .exe file that triggers…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.33%). 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, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 Gold does not properly validate data sent from user mode, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted PE .exe file that triggers a NULL pointer dereference during chain traversal, aka "Windows Kernel NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability."
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.33% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-476
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows vista · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://www.nsfocus.com/en/advisories/0903.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.htmlUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-058
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6264
- http://www.nsfocus.com/en/advisories/0903.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.htmlUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-058
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6264
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.