CVE-2009-0557

Summary

Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Excel in 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file with a malformed record object, aka "Object Record Corruption Vulnerability."

Impact & exploitability

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-021 ↗

Additional information

• NVD record
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-021Patch
• http://osvdb.org/54953
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35241Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022351Advisory
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.htmlAdvisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1540
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5564