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    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 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."

    Published:Jul 29, 2009
    Last Modified:May 27, 2026
    EPS:Jul 29, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.56615
    CVSS Score:8.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Visual C\+\+
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Visual Studio
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 2000
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 2003 Server
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Server 2008
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Vista
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Xp

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2
    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=1-66-264648-1
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020775.1-1
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-04.html
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-11.html
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html
    http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7004997&sliceId=1
    http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2493.html
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html
    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
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6245
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6304
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6421
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6473
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6621
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6716
    http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2
    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=1-66-264648-1
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020775.1-1
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-04.html
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-11.html
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html
    http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7004997&sliceId=1
    http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2493.html
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html
    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
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6245
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6304
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6421
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6473
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6621
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6716

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High