CVE-2009-1043
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 30.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 30.6% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1044)
- Published
- March 23, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1044 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / windows 7
References
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934
- http://cansecwest.com/index.html
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/20/pwn2own-day-2
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html
- http://osvdb.org/52892
- http://www.h-online.com/security/Pwn2Own-2009-Safari-IE-8-and-Firefox-exploited--/news/112889
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34182
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021880
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49389
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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