CVE-2009-2493
8.8 HIGHThe Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1, and Visual C++ ...
Published: 2009-07-29 · Last updated: 2026-05-27
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-264, CWE-94
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | visual_c\+\+, visual_studio, windows_2000 |
Description
The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1, and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1; and Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2; does not properly restrict use of OleLoadFromStream in instantiating objects from data streams, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document with an ATL (1) component or (2) control, related to ATL headers and bypassing security policies, aka "ATL COM Initialization Vulnerability."
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2493
- [Other]http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx
- [Other]http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html
- [Other]http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2
- [Other]http://secunia.com/advisories/35967
- [Other]http://secunia.com/advisories/36187
- [Other]http://secunia.com/advisories/36374
- [Other]http://secunia.com/advisories/36746
- [Other]http://secunia.com/advisories/38568
- [Other]http://secunia.com/advisories/41818
- [Other]http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264648-1
- [Other]http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1
- [Other]http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020775.1-1
- [Patch]http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-04.html
- [Other]http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html
- [Patch]http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-11.html
- [Other]http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html
- [Other]http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7004997&sliceId=1
- [Other]http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2493.html
- [Other]http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
- [Other]http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
- [Other]http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html
- [Other]http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html
- [Other]http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2034
- [Other]http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232
- [Other]http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0366
- [Other]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-035
- [Other]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037
- [Other]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-055
- [Other]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-060
- [Other]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-072
- [Other]https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6245
- [Other]https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6304
- [Other]https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6421
- [Other]https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6473
- [Other]https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6621
- [Other]https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6716
- [Other]http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx
- [Other]http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html
- [Other]http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2
- [Other]http://secunia.com/advisories/35967
- [Other]http://secunia.com/advisories/36187
- [Other]http://secunia.com/advisories/36374
- [Other]http://secunia.com/advisories/36746
- [Other]http://secunia.com/advisories/38568
- [Other]http://secunia.com/advisories/41818
- [Other]http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264648-1
- [Other]http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1
- [Other]http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020775.1-1
- [Patch]http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-04.html
- [Other]http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html
- [Patch]http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-11.html
- [Other]http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html
- [Other]http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7004997&sliceId=1
- [Other]http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2493.html
- [Other]http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
- [Other]http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
- [Other]http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html
- [Other]http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html
- [Other]http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2034
- [Other]http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232
- [Other]http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0366
- [Other]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-035
- [Other]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037
- [Other]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-055
- [Other]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-060
- [Other]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-072
- [Other]https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6245
- [Other]https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6304
- [Other]https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6421
- [Other]https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6473
- [Other]https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6621
- [Other]https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6716
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