CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-2516
7.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-10-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20, CWE-476
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."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 2000
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows vista
• microsoft windows xp
Related
References
- http://www.nsfocus.com/en/advisories/0903.html www.nsfocus.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-058 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6264 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://www.nsfocus.com/en/advisories/0903.html www.nsfocus.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-058 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6264 oval.cisecurity.org