Known Exploited Vulnerability
7.8
HIGH
CVE-2009-0563
Microsoft Office Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - [Actively Exploited]
Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 and 2008; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003 SP3; Microsoft Office Word Viewer; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a crafted tag containing an invalid length field, aka "Word Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

INFO

Published Date :

June 10, 2009, 6 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 28, 2024, 2:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

For the benefit of the cybersecurity community and network defenders—and to help every organization better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity—CISA maintains the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild.

Description :

Microsoft Office contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code via a Word document with a crafted tag containing an invalid length field.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2009-0563 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-0563 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 office_word_viewer
4 Microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter
5 Microsoft office_word
6 Microsoft office_compatibility_pack
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-0563.

URL Resource
http://osvdb.org/54959 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504204/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35188 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022356 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html Broken Link Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1546 Broken Link
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-035 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-027 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6133 Broken Link

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.

cisa-kev vulnerability 0day cisa exploits

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
516 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : April 19, 2022, 8:58 a.m. This repo has been linked 1181 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-0563 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-0563 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.

  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 28, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://osvdb.org/54959 No Types Assigned http://osvdb.org/54959 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504204/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504204/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35188 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35188 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022356 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022356 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html US Government Resource http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1546 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1546 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-035 No Types Assigned http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-035 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-027 No Types Assigned https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-027 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6133 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6133 Broken Link
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-119
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:-:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • 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/MS09-027.mspx [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-027 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/504204/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504204/100/0/threaded [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:6133 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6133 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 10, 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-2009-0563 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-2009-0563 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

89.52 }} 1.43%

score

0.98869

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability