The Windows Printing Service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 SP2…

Description

The Windows Printing Service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 SP2 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a crafted separator page, aka "Print Spooler Read File Vulnerability."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.9% · top 9.6% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-217.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5815 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1541 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• TA09-160A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• MS09-022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
• 35208 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 35365 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1022352 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 54933 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2009-0229](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2009-0229.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2009-0229)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 04:24 UTC.