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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Microsoft Office 2004/2008 (Office Suite Software). This issue affects an unknown code of the component Spreadsheet. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet with a FEATHEADER record containing an invalid cbHdrData size element that affects a pointer offset, aka "Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
The weakness was shared 11/10/2009 by iDefense Labs with VeriSign iDefense Labs (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-3129. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/23/2024). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.
A public exploit has been developed in Python and been published 11 months after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50063 (MS09-067 / MS09-068: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (972652 / 976307) (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110096 (Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS09-067)). The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 03/03/2022 with a due date of 03/24/2022:
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A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9231.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54006), Tenable (50063) and Exploit-DB (14706). The entries 4057, 50794, 50793 and 50792 are related to this item.
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Nessus ID: 50063
Nessus Name: MS09-067 / MS09-068: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (972652 / 976307) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 900887
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Excel Multiple Vulnerabilities (972652)
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MetaSploit ID: ms09_067_excel_featheader.rb
MetaSploit Name: MS09-067 Microsoft Excel Malformed FEATHEADER Record Vulnerability
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: iDefense Labs
Organization: VeriSign iDefense Labs
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2009-3129 (🔍)
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X-Force: 54006
Vulnerability Center: 24004 - [MS09-067] Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability Allows Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 36945 - Microsoft Excel 'FEATHEADER' Record Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 59860 - Microsoft Office Excel BIFF File FEATHEADER cbHdrData Size Element Handling Memory Corruption
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/18/2015 15:15Updated: 04/23/2024 07:22
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (76), 02/16/2017 16:19 (16), 08/27/2021 16:41 (3), 08/27/2021 16:49 (1), 04/23/2024 07:22 (23)
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