CVE-2009-2493

The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1, and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1; and Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2; does not properly restrict use of OleLoadFromStream in instantiating objects from data streams, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document with an ATL (1) component or (2) control, related to ATL headers and bypassing security policies, aka "ATL COM Initialization Vulnerability."

• CWE-264
• CWE-94

• http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspxBroken Link
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35967
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36187
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36374
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36746
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38568
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41818
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264648-1Broken Link
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1Broken Link
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020775.1-1Broken Link
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-04.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-11.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7004997&sliceId=1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2493.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2034
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0366
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-035
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-055
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-060
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-072
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6245
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6304
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6421
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6473
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6621
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6716
• http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspxBroken Link
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35967
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36187
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36374
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36746
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38568
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41818
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264648-1Broken Link
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1Broken Link
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020775.1-1Broken Link
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-04.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-11.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7004997&sliceId=1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2493.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2034
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0366
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-035
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-055
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-060
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-072
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6245
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6304
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6421
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6473
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6621
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6716

Published

Jul 29, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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