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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-94

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2658Broken Link
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5923Press/Media Coverage
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021744Broken Link
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/968272.mspxVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33870Broken Link
http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-022310-4202-99Broken Link
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.htmlUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1023Broken Link
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-009Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48875Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5968Broken Link
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2658Broken Link
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5923Press/Media Coverage
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021744Broken Link
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/968272.mspxVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33870Broken Link
http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-022310-4202-99Broken Link
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.htmlUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1023Broken Link
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-009Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48875Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5968Broken Link
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-0238US Government Resource

Timeline

Published: Feb 25, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: Apr 14, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed