CVE-2009-0089
Windows HTTP Services (aka WinHTTP) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003...
Windows HTTP Services (aka WinHTTP) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Vista Gold allows remote web servers to impersonate arbitrary https web sites by using DNS spoofing to "forward a connection" to a different https web site that has a valid certificate matching its own domain name, but not a certificate matching the domain name of the host requested by the user, aka "Windows HTTP Services Certificate Name Mismatch Vulnerability."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Windows HTTP Services (aka WinHTTP) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Vista Gold allows remote web servers to impersonate arbitrary https web sites by using DNS spoofing to "forward a connection" to a different https web site that has a valid certificate matching its own domain name, but not a certificate matching the domain name of the host requested by the user, aka "Windows HTTP Services Certificate Name Mismatch Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2009-0089- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Windows HTTP Services (aka WinHTTP) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Vista Gold allows remote web servers to impersonate arbitrary https web sites by using DNS spoofing to "forward a connection" to a different https web site that has a valid certificate matching its own domain name, but not a certificate matching the domain name of the host requested by the user, aka "Windows HTTP Services Certificate Name Mismatch Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2009-0089- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-0098 No score
Windows HTTP Services (aka WinHTTP) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Vista Gold allows remote web servers to impersonate arbitrary https web sites by using DNS spoofing to "forward a connection" to a different https web site that has a valid certificate matching its own domain name, but not a certificate matching the domain name of the host requested by the user, aka "Windows HTTP Services Certificate Name Mismatch Vulnerability."
- Record
EUVD-2009-0098- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hfjq-g57r-2356 No score
Windows HTTP Services (aka WinHTTP) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003...
Windows HTTP Services (aka WinHTTP) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Vista Gold allows remote web servers to impersonate arbitrary https web sites by using DNS spoofing to "forward a connection" to a different https web site that has a valid certificate matching its own domain name, but not a certificate matching the domain name of the host requested by the user, aka "Windows HTTP Services Certificate Name Mismatch Vulnerability."
- Record
GHSA-hfjq-g57r-2356- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2009-0089 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Microsoft Windows 2000, published April 15, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.07%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/34437
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6027
secunia.com/advisories/34677
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html
securitytracker.com/id?1022041
vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1027
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-013
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0089
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hfjq-g57r-2356