ID CVE-2009-0561
Summary 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."
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp1:x32:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp1:x32:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp1:x64:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp1:x64:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp2:x32:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp2:x32:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 9.3 (as of 12-10-2018 - 21:50)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-189
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 MS09-021
bulletin_url
date 2009-06-09T00:00:00
impact Remote Code Execution
knowledgebase_id 969462
knowledgebase_url
severity Critical
title Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution
oval via4
accepted 2014-06-30T04:11:10.129-04:00
class vulnerability
contributors
  • name Dragos Prisaca
    organization Gideon Technologies, Inc.
  • 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 2000 is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:758
  • 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 Office SharePoint Server 2007 is installed.
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2313
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."
family windows
id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5925
status accepted
submitted 2009-06-09T14:00:00
title Record Integer Overflow Vulnerability
version 29
refmap via4
bid 35245
bugtraq 20090609 Secunia Research: Microsoft Excel String Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability
cert TA09-160A
idefense 20090609 Microsoft Excel SST Record Integer Overflow Vulnerability
misc http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-12/
osvdb 54957
sectrack 1022351
vupen ADV-2009-1540
Last major update 12-10-2018 - 21:50
Published 10-06-2009 - 18:30
Last modified 12-10-2018 - 21:50
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