CVE-2009-0238

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Excel Viewer; Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1; and Excel in Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel document that triggers an access attempt on an invalid object, as exploited in the wild in February 2009 by Trojan.Mdropper.AC.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2009-0238
  • Assigner
  • secure@microsoft.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2009-02-25T16:30:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-12T21:50:23
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-94 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:2003:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/968272.mspx Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33870
http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-022310-4202-99
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5923
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021744
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2658
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1023
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48875
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5968
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-009
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0238
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0238
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:24:52 Added to TrackCVE