CVE-2009-1126: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly validate the user-mode input associated with the editing of an unspecified desktop parameter, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows Desktop Parameter Edit Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: any version; version sp2 only
• Microsoft Windows Vista: any version
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

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