CVE-2009-0239

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 32.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-06-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Windows Search 4.0 for Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted file that appears in a preview in a search result, aka "Script Execution in Windows Search Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Corporation Windows Search: 4.0

References

http://osvdb.org/54935
http://secunia.com/advisories/35366
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022353
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1542
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-023
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5428
http://osvdb.org/54935
http://secunia.com/advisories/35366
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022353
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1542

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