HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2009-0086

Windows 2000 vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
14.1%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Integer underflow in Windows HTTP Services (aka WinHTTP) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote HTTP servers to execute arbitrary code via crafted parameter values in a response, related to error handling, aka "Windows HTTP Services Integer Underflow Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 2000
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2009-04-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 14.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-0086

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 2000 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-0086.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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