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CVE-2009-1808

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1808 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows XP SP3, allowing a local attacker to crash the system. This is achieved by manipulating SystemParametersInfo calls related to the desktop wallpaper with an improperly terminated argument. With a CVSS score of 4.9, it's considered a low-severity local attack requiring no authentication, leading to a complete loss of system availability. While there's an ExploitDB entry suggesting privilege escalation, the primary impact described is denial of service, and there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3:home:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3:media_center:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3:professional:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-33012 · Feb 2, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0283 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/35323
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50903
ragestorm.net / blogs
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/35120
Exploit
securitytracker.com / id