Microsoft Office 2000/2003/XP Office Web Components memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/XP and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Office Web Components. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-2496. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/XP (Office Suite Software). This affects an unknown part of the component Office Web Components. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified parameters to unknown methods, aka "Office Web Components Heap Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was published 08/12/2009 by Peter Vreugdenhil with Zero Day Initiative (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-2496. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/05/2025).

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 11161.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (52105), Tenable (40562), SecurityFocus (BID 35991†), SecurityTracker (ID 1022708†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23200†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4000, VDB-48894, VDB-49394 and VDB-49393. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.1

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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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_spreadsheet_border
Saint Name: Microsoft Office Web Components OWC.Spreadsheet BorderAround vulnerability

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07/17/2009 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

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

CVE: CVE-2009-2496 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2496
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49395

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X-Force: 52105
SecurityFocus: 35991 - Microsoft OWC ActiveX Control 'BorderAround()' Heap Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1022708
Vulnerability Center: 23200 - [MS09-043] Microsoft Office Web Components Heap Corruption 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 21:14
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (73), 02/13/2017 10:08 (10), 08/14/2021 01:59 (2), 08/14/2021 02:07 (2), 01/05/2025 21:14 (23)
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