HIGH: CVE-2009-1537 actively exploited — microsoft directx

CVE: CVE-2009-1537

CVSS: 8.8 (3.1) — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: HIGH

Status: ✅ Confirmed exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)

Affected

• microsoft directx
• microsoft windows 2000
• microsoft windows 2003 server
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows xp

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the QuickTime Movie Parser Filter in quartz.dll in DirectShow in Microsoft DirectX 7.0 through 9.0c on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime media file, as exploited in the wild in May 2009, aka "DirectX NULL Byte Overwrite Vulnerability."

Verified Sources

• NVD entry
• GitHub Advisory
• MITRE
• CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

References

• http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/05/28/microsoft-security-advisory-971778-vulnerability-in-microsoft-directshow-released.aspx
• http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-parsing.aspx
• http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6481
• http://osvdb.org/54797
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35268
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/971778.mspx
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35139
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022299
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1445

_Validated by the Lyrie Threat Intelligence Pipeline — 3 independent sources confirmed before publication. No speculation._