CVE-2009-2493

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."

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 28.71% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-11.html third party advisory patch
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1 vendor advisory broken link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6304 vdb entry signature
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2034 vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html third party advisory us government resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6621 vdb entry signature
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2493.html third party advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7004997&sliceId=1 third party advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html third party advisory us government resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-035 vendor advisory
http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0366 vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-072 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36187 third party advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232 vdb entry
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36374 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38568 third party advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037 vendor advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-04.html third party advisory patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6245 vdb entry signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6716 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/36746 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6421 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/41818 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35967 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020775.1-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html third party advisory us government resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-060 vendor advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-055 vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264648-1 vendor advisory broken link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6473 vdb entry signature

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-2493?
CVE-2009-2493 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-2493?
To fix CVE-2009-2493, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-2493 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-2493 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~29% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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