CVE-2009-4073
The printing functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to discover a...
The printing functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to discover a local pathname, and possibly a local username, by reading the dc:title element of a PDF document that was generated from a local web page.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The printing functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to discover a local pathname, and possibly a local username, by reading the dc:title element of a PDF document that was generated from a local web page.
- Record
CVE-2009-4073- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The printing functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to discover a local pathname, and possibly a local username, by reading the dc:title element of a PDF document that was generated from a local web page.
- Record
CVE-2009-4073- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-4044 No score
The printing functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to discover a local pathname, and possibly a local username, by reading the dc:title element of a PDF document that was generated from a local web page.
- Record
EUVD-2009-4044- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5p8r-4665-9fc2 No score
The printing functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to discover a...
The printing functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to discover a local pathname, and possibly a local username, by reading the dc:title element of a PDF document that was generated from a local web page.
- Record
GHSA-5p8r-4665-9fc2- Weakness
- CWE-200
- 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-2009-4073 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published November 24, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.6%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/archive/1/508010/100/0/threaded
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12355
osvdb.org/60504
securethoughts.com/2009/11/millions-of-pdf-invisibly-embedded-with-your-internal-disk-paths
secunia.com/advisories/37362
theregister.co.uk/2009/11/23/internet_explorer_file_disclosure_bug
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4073
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5p8r-4665-9fc2