# 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++ 200

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-07-29 · Updated: 2026-05-27

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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."

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-11.html
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6304
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2034
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6621
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2493.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html
- http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7004997&sliceId=1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-035
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0366
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-072
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36187
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36374
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38568
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-04.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6245

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