FKIE_CVE-2009-0238
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-02-25 16:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:04
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | excel | 2000 | |
| microsoft | excel | 2002 | |
| microsoft | excel | 2003 | |
| microsoft | excel | 2007 | |
| microsoft | excel_viewer | * | |
| microsoft | office | 2004 | |
| microsoft | office | 2008 | |
| microsoft | office_compatibility_pack | 2007 | |
| microsoft | office_excel_viewer | * | |
| microsoft | office_excel_viewer | 2003 |
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