CVE-2009-1925: microsoft windows_2000 Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-1925 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Code Injection vulnerability in microsoft windows_2000. EPSS estimates a 27.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 08-09-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The TCP/IP implementation in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2 and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 does not properly manage state information, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending packets to a listening service, and thereby triggering misinterpretation of an unspecified field as a function pointer, aka "TCP/IP Timestamps Code Execution Vulnerability."

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.