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CVE-2009-0238 - Microsoft Office

AI Vulnerability Context

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 T...

Overview

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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.

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Vulnerability status

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CISA KEVHIGH
CVE ID
CVE-2009-0238
Vendor/project
Microsoft
Product
Office
Vulnerability name
Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution
Date added
2026-04-14
Due date
2026-04-28
Known ransomware campaign use
Unknown
CVSS v3
8.8
CWE-94

Exploit context

What the vulnerability is about.

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.

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NVD CVE pagehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0238CVE API docshttps://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilitiesData feedshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/data-feedsCataloghttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogData repositoryhttps://github.com/cisagov/kev-dataaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2658af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5923af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1021744af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/968272.mspxaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33870af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-022310-4202-99af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1023af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-009af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48875af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5968134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-0238