CVE-2009-0549: microsoft office Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-0549 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Code Injection vulnerability in microsoft office. EPSS estimates a 28.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-06-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file with a malformed record object, aka "Record Pointer Corruption Vulnerability."

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.