CVE-2009-3020

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 16.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

win32k.sys in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by referencing a crafted .eot file in the src descriptor of an @font-face Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) rule in an HTML document, possibly related to the Embedded OpenType (EOT) Font Engine, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0010, CVE-2009-0231, and CVE-2009-0232. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions

References

http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2009-wwbsod.zip
http://secunia.com/advisories/36250
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9417
http://www.osvdb.org/57016
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36029
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52403
http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2009-wwbsod.zip
http://secunia.com/advisories/36250
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9417
http://www.osvdb.org/57016
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36029
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52403

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