RCE in Microsoft Office
CVE-2009-0558
Array index error in Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file with a malformed record object, aka "Array Indexing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.311 (98.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.311 · newest: 0.311 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Office — versions 2004, 2008, xp
- Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007
- Microsoft Office Excel — versions 2000, 2003, 2007
- Microsoft Office Excel Viewer — versions 2003
- Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server — versions 2007
- Microsoft Open XML File Format Converter
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1540 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504188/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35242 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-021 (vendor-advisory)
- osvdb.org/54954 (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-1/ (Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11525 (signature, vdb-entry)