Microsoft Office 2004/2008 Spreadsheet code injection

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2004/2008 (Office Suite Software) and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function 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. CVE summarizes:

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 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet containing a malformed formula, related to a "pointer corruption" issue, aka "Excel Index Parsing Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 11/11/2009 by Nicolas Joly with VUPEN Security (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-3132. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/27/2021). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

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)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9252.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54012) and Tenable (50063). The entries 50794, 50793, 50791 and 50790 are pretty similar.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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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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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Nicolas Joly
Organization: VUPEN Security
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-3132 (🔍)
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X-Force: 54012
Vulnerability Center: 24008 - [MS09-067] Microsoft Excel Index Parsing Vulnerability Allows Remote Arbitrary Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 36909 - Microsoft Excel Index Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/27/2021 17:36
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (66), 02/17/2017 11:15 (10), 08/27/2021 17:27 (3), 08/27/2021 17:36 (1)
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