High severity · published Jul 29, 2009
CVE-2009-0901
The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold, and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1; and Windows 2000…
8.8
CVSS
36.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold, and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1; and Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2; does not prevent VariantClear calls on an uninitialized VARIANT, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed stream to an ATL (1) component or (2) control, related to ATL headers and error handling, aka "ATL Uninitialized Object Vulnerability."
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)36.6% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VC
Visual C++ · Microsoft
2005; 2008; 2008 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio · Microsoft
2005; 2005; 2008; 2008 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio .net · Microsoft
2003 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0901
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0901
blogs.technet.com
http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/35967
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/36187
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/36374
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/36746
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