The Message Queuing (aka MSMQ) service for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP2, and Vista Gold does not properly validate…

Description

The Message Queuing (aka MSMQ) service for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP2, and Vista Gold does not properly validate unspecified IOCTL request data from user mode before passing this data to kernel mode, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted request, aka "MSMQ Null Pointer Vulnerability."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.3% · top 28% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 56901 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• TA09-223A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• MS09-040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
• 36214 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6109 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 20090812 [PT-2008-09] Microsoft Windows MSMQ Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 1022714 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2008-09 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 05:27 UTC.