PT-2009-4273 · Microsoft · Windows Xp

Published 2009-05-28 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2009-1808

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows XP version SP3

Description: The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash. This is achieved by making a SystemParametersInfo call with an improperly terminated pvParam argument using SPI SETDESKWALLPAPER, followed by a SPI GETDESKWALLPAPER SystemParametersInfo call.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Windows XP version SP3, avoid using the SPI SETDESKWALLPAPER and SPI GETDESKWALLPAPER SystemParametersInfo calls with improperly terminated pvParam arguments to prevent a system crash. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-1808

Affected Products

Windows Xp

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/33012 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://ragestorm.net/blogs/?p=78 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/35120 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1808 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022330 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35323 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50903 · Note