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CVE-2009-1125

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1125 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the kernel in various Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, and Server 2008. It stems from improper argument validation in an unspecified system call, allowing a local attacker to gain elevated privileges through a crafted application. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, requiring local access and low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:x32:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0144 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 54942
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-025
secunia.com / advisories/35372
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5912
securityfocus.com / bid/35240
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1544