Memory corruption in Microsoft products - CVE-2009-3133
Published: March 21, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6148
CSH Severity: High
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:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-3133
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office for macOS
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office for macOS
Microsoft Office
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to heap-based buffer overflow when loading Excel records. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted .xls file containing a malformed object, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
The weakness exists due to heap-based buffer overflow when loading Excel records. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted .xls file containing a malformed object, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2009-3133
Install update from vendor's website.