Microsoft Office 2000/2003/XP Office Web Components resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/XP. Affected is an unknown function of the component Office Web Components. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2009-0562. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/XP (Office Suite Software). It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown code of the component Office Web Components. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Office Web Components ActiveX Control in Microsoft Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, Office XP Web Components SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP1 for the 2007 Microsoft Office System, Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 SP3 and 2006 SP1, and Office Small Business Accounting 2006 does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger "system state" corruption, aka "Office Web Components Memory Allocation Vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 08/12/2009 by Peter Vreugdenhil with Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-0562. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/05/2025).

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40562 (MS09-043: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Web Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (957638)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110101 (Microsoft Office Web Components Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS09-043)).

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 8299.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (51457), Tenable (40562), SecurityFocus (BID 35642†), SecurityTracker (ID 1022708†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23199†). The entries VDB-4000, VDB-48894, VDB-49395 and VDB-49394 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.1

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 40562
Nessus Name: MS09-043: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Web Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (957638)
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OpenVAS ID: 800845
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Web Components ActiveX Control Code Execution Vulnerability
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Saint ID: exploit_info/ms_office_web_components_datasourcecontrol
Saint Name: Microsoft Office Web Components DataSourceControl ActiveX Control memory allocation

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02/12/2009 🔍
07/13/2009 +151 days 🔍
08/11/2009 +29 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Peter Vreugdenhil
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-0562 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0562
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49389

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X-Force: 51457
SecurityFocus: 35642 - Microsoft Office Web Components ActiveX Control 'msDataSourceObject()' Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1022708
Vulnerability Center: 23199 - [MS09-043] Microsoft Office Web Components Memory Allocation Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 01/05/2025 21:04
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (75), 02/13/2017 10:08 (13), 08/14/2021 01:20 (3), 08/14/2021 01:28 (2), 01/05/2025 21:04 (19)
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