CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-1123

Published: Jun 10, 2009 | Modified: Oct 22, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 SP2 does not properly validate changes to unspecified kernel objects, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Windows Kernel Desktop Vulnerability.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Windows_2000Microsoft–sp4 (including)–sp4 (including)
Windows_server_2003Microsoft–sp2 (including)–sp2 (including)
Windows_server_2008Microsoft–sp2 (including)–sp2 (including)
Windows_vistaMicrosoft–sp1 (including)–sp1 (including)
Windows_vistaMicrosoft–sp2 (including)–sp2 (including)
Windows_xpMicrosoft–sp2 (including)–sp2 (including)
Windows_xpMicrosoft–sp3 (including)–sp3 (including)

References