CVE-2009-0229 describes a local file disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Printing Service affecting various Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, and Server 2008. An attacker with local access could craft a separator page to read arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with the primary impact being confidentiality (reading files). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common frameworks like Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
sp4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
sp2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
sp2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp2:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:* | ||
sp2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp2:*:x64:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:x64:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.