Memory corruption in Microsoft products - CVE-2009-0238

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1403

CSH Severity: Critical

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red

CVE-ID: CVE-2009-0238

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

Vendor: Microsoft

Affected software:
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office for macOS
Excel Viewer

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to boundary error when parsing the Excel spreadsheet file format. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Excel file containing a malformed object, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Note: this vulnerability was being actively exploited.

Install update from vendor's website:

Microsoft Office Excel 2000 Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3dc8b670-25a5-4f46-b7de-12bc693b628a
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131481
Microsoft Office Excel 2002 Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9a52bf4b-05f6-4b73-94b9-28ed7e20f86c
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131481
Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d9dbfa63-c0cb-4c84-9b8a-6e52568045b0
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131481
Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Service Pack 1:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=50d8630b-1365-4007-81a0-18c0d6d4b86e
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131481
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=52271140-89be-4b9c-baa2-cea09097d703
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131481
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=f6e407eb-11a5-433f-8006-4b822953ca98
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131481
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c72e6087-b48f-4d2d-8366-01d9f5ff6b6c
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131481
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=58b3929c-5373-47a4-aa97-66d179758792
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131481
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 1:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=05f7c517-e551-4dcd-b24a-5d548f2d09cf
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131481

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms09-009.aspx