CVE-2009-0239
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 32.5%EU EUVD
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Windows Search 4.0 for Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted file that appears in a preview in a search result, aka "Script Execution in Windows Search Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 32.5% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0247)
- Published
- June 10, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0247 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows search
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
References
- http://osvdb.org/54935
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35366
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022353
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1542
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-023
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5428
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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