CVE-2009-0076
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, when XHTML strict mode is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the zoom style…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 33.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, when XHTML strict mode is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the zoom style directive in conjunction with unspecified other directives in a malformed Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) stylesheet in a crafted HTML document, aka "CSS Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB4 entries
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 - Memory Corruption (MS09-002) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8152remote, windowspublished 4 Mar 2009Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (Windows XP SP2) - Memory Corruption (MS09-002) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8079remote, windowspublished 20 Feb 2009Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 - Memory Corruption (MS09-002) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8080remote, windowspublished 20 Feb 2009Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (Windows 2003 SP2) - Memory Corruption (MS09-002) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8082remote, windowspublished 20 Feb 2009Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 33 days later
· 33 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 33.5% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6081 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0389 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-012/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- TA09-041A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- MS09-002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-0085 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-0076)Record last updated .