National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0238

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-104A

Name: TA09-104A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html

External Source: XF

Name: ms-excel-unspecified-code-execution(48875)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48875

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1023

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1023

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-022310-4202-99

Hyperlink:http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-022310-4202-99

External Source: BID

Name: 33870

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33870

External Source: MS

Name: MS09-009

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-009.mspx

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/968272.mspx

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/968272.mspx

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021744

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1021744

External Source: MISC

Name: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5923

Hyperlink:http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5923

External Source: MISC

Name: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2658

Hyperlink:http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2658