CVE-2009-0229

Windows 2000 vulnerability

CVSS

4.9

EPSS

3.9%

EPSS pct

89th

Exploited

No known

The Windows Printing Service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 SP2 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a crafted separator page, aka "Print Spooler Read File Vulnerability."

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Windows 2000

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information

Published

2009-06-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

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