MEDIUM
The Windows Printing Service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 SP2 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a crafted separator page, aka "Print Spooler Read File Vulnerability."
Published Jun 10, 2009
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.93%
Description
The Windows Printing Service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 SP2 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a crafted separator page, aka "Print Spooler Read File Vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
OR
- sp4
- sp2
- sp2
- sp2
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- sp2
- sp2
- n/a
- n/a
- gold
- sp1
- sp2
- n/a
- n/a
- sp3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.9 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.93% 0.03931
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03931
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.93% (0.03931) | 90.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.93% (0.03931) | 88.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 2.67% (0.02670) | 84.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 3.85% (0.03846) | 87.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 2.67% (0.02670) | 84.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.85% (0.03846) | 87.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 16.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 14.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 12.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.23% (0.03232) | 84.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 3.23% (0.03232) | 83.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 4.80% (0.04804) | 88.68th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| May 5, 2022 | 3.23% (0.03232) | 82.74th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.53% (0.03532) | 83.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.53% (0.03532) | 66.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://osvdb.org/54933 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35365 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-217.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35208 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022352 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1541 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-022 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5815 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/54933 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/35365 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-217.htm | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35208 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022352 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1541 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-022 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5815 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Jun 10, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 20, 2009
Link CVE-2009-0229
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a