CVE-2009-2519: microsoft windows_2000 Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-2519 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Code Injection vulnerability in microsoft windows_2000. EPSS estimates a 25.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

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

Description

The DHTML Editing Component ActiveX control in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly format HTML markup, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers "system state" corruption, aka "DHTML Editing Component ActiveX Control 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.