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CVE-2009-0561
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
Integer overflow in 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; Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2; and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a Shared String Table (SST) record with a numeric field that specifies an invalid number of unique strings, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Record Integer Overflow Vulnerability.".
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 9.3/10
- Exploit Score
- 8.6/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp1:x64:*: |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp2:x32:*: |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp1:x32:*: |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp2:x64:*: |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-12/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1540
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=805
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022351
- http://osvdb.org/54957
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35245
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504190/100/0/threaded
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-021