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CVE-2009-1043

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 30.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-03-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors triggered by clicking on a link, as demonstrated by Nils during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 8

References

• http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934
• http://cansecwest.com/index.html
• http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009
• http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits
• http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/20/pwn2own-day-2
• http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html
• http://osvdb.org/52892
• http://www.h-online.com/security/Pwn2Own-2009-Safari-IE-8-and-Firefox-exploited--/news/112889
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34182
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021880
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49389
• http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934

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