CVE-2009-2494

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

42.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 98.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2009-08-12 17:00Z17 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-01-21 16:03Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2009-07-17

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a3f2e6dc99c8aaa9313ef07a5171742cfb983e4e05ca642483091b5d56fb1bb7

• osvdb.org56910http://osvdb.org/56910vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
• www.us-cert.govTA09-223Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5708https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5708vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• blogs.technet.comhttp://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspxx_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com35982http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35982vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• secunia.com36187http://secunia.com/advisories/36187third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.vupen.comADV-2009-2232http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• docs.microsoft.comMS09-037https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• www.securitytracker.com1022712http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022712vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK