CVE-2009-0238

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0238
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-02-25 16:30:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-12 21:50:00 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-94

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Excel 2004 All mac All
Application Microsoft Excel 2004 All mac All
Application Microsoft Excel Viewer All All All All
Application Microsoft Excel Viewer All All All All
Application Microsoft Office 2008 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office 2008 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack 2007 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack 2007 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2000 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2002 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2003 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2007 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2000 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2002 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2003 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2007 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel Viewer All All All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 gold All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel Viewer All All All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 gold All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 sp3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Microsoft Excel Invalid Object Access Flaw Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-104A -- Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities CERT www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Microsoft Excel Invalid Object Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Brand spanking new Excel 0-day being exploited in the wild | Zero Day | ZDNet.com MISC blogs.zdnet.com
Trojan.Mdropper.AC | Symantec MISC www.symantec.com
Microsoft Releases Security Advisory 968272 Relating To A Vulnerability In Office Excel - isc MISC isc.sans.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Your request has been blocked. This could be due to several reasons. CONFIRM www.microsoft.com Vendor Advisory
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-009 - Critical | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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