| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 10.0 | $5k-$25k | 0.35 |
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2004/2008 (Office Suite Software). It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Spreadsheet. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet containing a malformed object that triggers memory corruption, related to “loading Excel records,” aka “Excel Document Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability.”
The weakness was presented 11/11/2009 by Nicolas Joly with VUPEN Security (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-3133 since 09/10/2009. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/27/2021).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50063 (MS09-067 / MS09-068: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (972652 / 976307) (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110096 (Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS09-067)).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9252.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54010), Vulnerability Center (SBV-24009) and Tenable (50063). See 50794, 50792, 50791 and 50790 for similar entries.
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Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: CWE-94
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Nessus ID: 50063
Nessus Name: MS09-067 / MS09-068: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (972652 / 976307) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 900887
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Excel Multiple Vulnerabilities (972652)
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08/27/2021 🔍Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Nicolas Joly
Organization: VUPEN Security
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2009-3133 (🔍)
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X-Force: 54010
Vulnerability Center: 24009 – [MS09-067] Microsoft Excel Document Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability Allows Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 36911 – Microsoft Excel Document Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/27/2021 17:50
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