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CVE-2009-1043
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown…
High10.0EPSS 30.6%
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Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors triggered by clicking on a link, as demonstrated by Nils during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 30.6% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1021880 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/20/pwn2own-day-2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://cansecwest.com/index.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 34182 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- microsoft-ie-unspecified-code-execution(49389) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.h-online.com/security/Pwn2Own-2009-Safari-IE-8-and-Firefox-exploited--/news/112889 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 52892 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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