CVE-2009-2519 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2009-2519?

CVE-2009-2519 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 8 Sep 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The DHTML Editing Component ActiveX control in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly format HTML markup, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers "system state" corruption, aka "DHTML Editing Component ActiveX Control Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2519?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2519?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2519 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2009-2519 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2519 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-f78f-8m3f-69xh.