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.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
- Microsoft / Excel2000 – 2000
- Microsoft / Excel2002 – 2002
- Microsoft / Excel2003 – 2003
- Microsoft / Excel2007 – 2007
- Microsoft / excel_viewer
- Microsoft / office2004 – 2004
- Microsoft / office2008 – 2008
- Microsoft / office_compatibility_pack2007 – 2007
- Microsoft / office_excel_viewer
- Microsoft / office_excel_viewer2003 – 2003
References
- MISChttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/968272.mspx
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1023
- MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48875
- MISChttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33870
- MISChttp://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-022310-4202-99
- MISChttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-009
- MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5968
- MISChttp://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5923
- MISChttp://securitytracker.com/id?1021744
- MISChttp://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2658