9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2009-0560
Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

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 "Field Sanitization Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

INFO

Published Date :

June 10, 2009, 6:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 12, 2018, 9:50 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-0560 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 office
2 Microsoft office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007
3 Microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter
4 Microsoft office_sharepoint_server
5 Microsoft office_excel
6 Microsoft office_excel_viewer

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-0560 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-0560 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-021.mspx [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-021 [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:6178 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6178 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 11, 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-2009-0560 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-2009-0560 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

93.63 }} -0.47%

score

0.99171

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability