CVE-2009-0229: Microsoft Windows 2000

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 3.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Microsoft Windows 2000: version sp4 only
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: version sp2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: any version; affected versions not specified; version sp2 only
• Microsoft Windows Vista: any version; version gold only; version sp1 only; version sp2 only
• Microsoft Windows XP: affected versions not specified; version sp3 only

Published 2009-06-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.