CVE-2009-2519

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 25.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-09-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

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."

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/36592
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36280
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022843
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-251A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-046
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6271
http://secunia.com/advisories/36592
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36280
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022843
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-251A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-046
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6271

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