CVE-2009-3270

Exp

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 7.0.6000.16711 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unusable browser) by calling the window.print function in a loop, aka a "printing DoS attack," possibly a related issue to CVE-2009-0821.

Published: 2009-09-18 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-3270 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 28.23%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-3270

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
12509 exploit_db edb 2010-05-04 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3270

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 41.51% 28.23% -13.28%
2 2025-05-27 44.73% 41.51% -3.22%
3 2025-03-30 — 44.73% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3270

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-3270

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3270

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft internet_explorer >= 7.0, <= 7.0.6000.16711 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3270

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