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MS09-021: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (969462)
high Nessus Plugin ID 39343
Synopsis
It is possible to execute arbitrary code on the remote Windows host using Microsoft Excel.Description
The remote host contains a version of Microsoft Excel / Excel Viewer / 2007 Microsoft Office system or the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack that is affected by several buffer overflow and memory corruption vulnerabilities. If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into opening a specially crafted Excel file, any of these issues could be leveraged to run arbitrary code on the host subject to the user's privileges.Solution
Microsoft has released a set of patches for Excel 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2007, Excel Viewer and Excel Viewer 2003 as well as the 2007 Microsoft Office system and the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack.See Also
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2009/ms09-021
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 39343
File Name: smb_nt_ms09-021.nasl
Version: 1.34
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 6/10/2009
Updated: 6/8/2022
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 8.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-1134
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2009
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/22/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0549, CVE-2009-0557, CVE-2009-0558, CVE-2009-0559, CVE-2009-0560, CVE-2009-0561, CVE-2009-1134