VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-0238

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability42.94%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2009-02-25
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution

Vendor / product: Microsoft / Office

Description

Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Excel Viewer; Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1; and Excel in Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel document that triggers an access attempt on an invalid object, as exploited in the wild in February 2009 by Trojan.Mdropper.AC.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Primary references