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CVE-2009-2495

The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1

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 does not properly enforce string termination, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML document with an ATL (1) component or (2) control that triggers a buffer over-read, related to ATL headers and buffer allocation, aka "ATL Null String Vulnerability.".

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.68422
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 1% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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Affected Products & Versions

3
microsoft visual c\+\+all versions
microsoft visual studioall versions
microsoft visual studio .netall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

8
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighRenamed Visual Studio Code Tunnel Execution
productmediumNetwork Connection Initiated To Visual Studio Code Tunnels Domain
productmediumVisual Studio Code Tunnel Remote File Creation
productmediumDNS Query To Visual Studio Code Tunnels Domain
productmediumVisual Studio Code Tunnel Execution
productmediumVisual Studio NodejsTools PressAnyKey Arbitrary Binary Execution
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Scoring & Timeline

6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · secure@microsoft.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD29 Jul 2009 · 05:30 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/35967
http://secunia.com/advisories/36374
http://secunia.com/advisories/36746
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html
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