9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2009-0087
Microsoft WordPad and Office Text Converter Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Word 6 text converter in WordPad in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2; and the Word 6 text converter in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word 6 file that contains malformed data, aka "WordPad and Office Text Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

INFO

Published Date :

April 15, 2009, 8 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:59 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-0087 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_2000
2 Microsoft windows_2003_server
3 Microsoft windows_xp
4 Microsoft office_word

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/53662
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022043
    Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1024
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-010
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5799
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:2000:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-010.mspx [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-010 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5799 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5799 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 14, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:2000:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:pro_x64:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:pro_x64:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:x64:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp1:itanium:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:2000:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:itanium:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:itanium:*
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 14, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:2000:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:pro_x64:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:pro_x64:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_srv:2003:-:x64:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_srv:2003:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_srv:2003:sp1:itanium:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_srv:2003:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:2000:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:pro_x64:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:pro_x64:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:x64:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp1:itanium:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 15, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-0087 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-0087 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

56.91 }} -4.07%

score

0.97825

percentile

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