CVE-2009-0238: Code Injection
First published: Wed Feb 25 2009(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secure@microsoft.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Office | =2008 | |
| Microsoft Excel Viewer | ||
| Microsoft Office Excel Viewer | ||
| Microsoft Office Excel Viewer | =2003-gold | |
| Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack | =2007-sp1 | |
| Microsoft Excel | =2004 | |
| Microsoft Office Excel Viewer | =2003-sp3 | |
| Microsoft Office Excel | =2003-sp3 | |
| Microsoft Office Excel | =2000-sp3 | |
| Microsoft Office Excel | =2002-sp3 | |
| Microsoft Office Excel | =2007-sp1 |
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Reference Links
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2658
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5923
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021744
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/968272.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33870
- http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-022310-4202-99
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1023
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-009
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48875
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5968
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/description
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/nvd-historical
- vendor/microsoft
- canonical/microsoft excel
- version/microsoft excel/2004
- canonical/microsoft excel viewer
- canonical/microsoft office
- version/microsoft office/2008
- canonical/microsoft office compatibility pack
- version/microsoft office compatibility pack/2007-sp1
- canonical/microsoft office excel
- version/microsoft office excel/2000-sp3
- version/microsoft office excel/2002-sp3
- version/microsoft office excel/2003-sp3
- version/microsoft office excel/2007-sp1
- canonical/microsoft office excel viewer
- version/microsoft office excel viewer/2003-gold
- version/microsoft office excel viewer/2003-sp3