ID CVE-2009-3129
Summary Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet with a FEATHEADER record containing an invalid cbHdrData size element that affects a pointer offset, aka "Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 9.3 (as of 16-07-2024 - 17:18)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-787
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK MEDIUM NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
COMPLETE COMPLETE COMPLETE
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
msbulletin via4
bulletin_id MS09-067
bulletin_url
date 2009-11-10T00:00:00
impact Remote Code Execution
knowledgebase_id 972652
knowledgebase_url
severity Important
title Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution
oval via4
accepted 2014-06-30T04:11:19.365-04:00
class vulnerability
contributors
  • name Dragos Prisaca
    organization Gideon Technologies, Inc.
  • name Shane Shaffer
    organization G2, Inc.
  • name Josh Turpin
    organization Symantec Corporation
  • name Maria Kedovskaya
    organization ALTX-SOFT
  • name Maria Mikhno
    organization ALTX-SOFT
definition_extensions
  • comment Microsoft Excel 2002 is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:473
  • comment Microsoft Excel 2003 is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:764
  • comment Microsoft Excel 2007 is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1745
  • comment Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003 is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:439
  • comment Microsoft Excel Viewer 2007 is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6006
  • comment Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1853
  • comment Microsoft Excel 2007 is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1745
description Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet with a FEATHEADER record containing an invalid cbHdrData size element that affects a pointer offset, aka "Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
family windows
id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6521
status accepted
submitted 2009-11-10T13:00:00
title Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability
version 27
refmap via4
bid 36945
bugtraq 20091110 ZDI-09-083: Microsoft Excel Shared Feature Header Pointer Offset Memory Corruption Vulnerability
cert TA09-314A
exploit-db 14706
idefense 20091110 Microsoft Excel FEATHEADER Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability
misc http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-083
osvdb 59860
sectrack 1023157
Last major update 16-07-2024 - 17:18
Published 11-11-2009 - 19:30
Last modified 16-07-2024 - 17:18
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