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CVE-2009-0557

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

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Listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Microsoft Excel in several Office releases, including Office 2000, XP, 2003, 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and the 2007 Office System, along with related Excel viewers and file format converters, is affected. An attacker could exploit this by sending a specially crafted Excel file that lets them run arbitrary code on the victim's computer.

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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."

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  3. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  4. Record last updated
  5. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 7

vupen.com

oval.cisecurity.org

securitytracker.com

docs.microsoft.com

osvdb.org

securityfocus.com

us-cert.gov