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CVE-2009-0238

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.

Published

2009-02-25T16:30:00.343

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-94
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application microsoft excel 2004 Yes
Application microsoft excel_viewer * Yes
Application microsoft office 2008 Yes
Application microsoft office_compatibility_pack 2007 Yes
Application microsoft office_excel 2000 Yes
Application microsoft office_excel 2002 Yes
Application microsoft office_excel 2003 Yes
Application microsoft office_excel 2007 Yes
Application microsoft office_excel_viewer * Yes
Application microsoft office_excel_viewer 2003 Yes
Application microsoft office_excel_viewer 2003 Yes
References