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

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-040/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 39343

File Name: smb_nt_ms09-021.nasl

Version: 1.34

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 6/10/2009

Updated: 6/8/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

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

BID: 35215, 35241, 35242, 35243, 35244, 35245, 35246

CWE: 189, 399, 94

MSFT: MS09-021

MSKB: 969679, 969680, 969681, 969682, 969683, 969685, 969686