PT-2009-5460 · Microsoft · Office Excel Viewer+3

Bing Liu · Published 2009-11-11 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2009-3134

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Office Excel versions 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP1 and SP2 Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac Open XML File Format Converter for Mac Office Excel Viewer versions 2003 SP3, SP1 and SP2 Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats versions SP1 and SP2

Description: A remote code execution issue exists due to improper parsing of the Excel file format, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet with a malformed record object. This could enable an attacker to take complete control of an affected system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, update to a version that properly parses the Excel file format to prevent remote code execution. For Microsoft Office Excel 2003 SP3, update to a version that properly parses the Excel file format to prevent remote code execution. For Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP1 and SP2, update to a version that properly parses the Excel file format to prevent remote code execution. For Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, update to a version that properly parses the Excel file format to prevent remote code execution. For Open XML File Format Converter for Mac, update to a version that properly parses the Excel file format to prevent remote code execution. For Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3, update to a version that properly parses the Excel file format to prevent remote code execution. For Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2, update to a version that properly parses the Excel file format to prevent remote code execution. For Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2, update to a version that properly parses the Excel file format to prevent remote code execution.

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-3134

Affected Products

Office Excel

Office Compatibility Pack

Office Excel Viewer

Open Xml File Format Converter For Mac

References · 8

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-067 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3134 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3134 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3134 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023157 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-067 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5878 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-314A.html · Note