Microsoft Office 2004/2008 Spreadsheet code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Office 2004/2008. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Spreadsheet. Performing a manipulation results in code injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2009-3127. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Microsoft Office 2004/2008 (Office Suite Software). This affects some unknown functionality of the component Spreadsheet. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, Open XML File Format Converter for Mac, and Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3 do not properly parse the Excel file format, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Cache Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 11/11/2009 by Nicolas Joly with VUPEN Security (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-3127. 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 attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42441 (MS09-067: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (972652)), 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 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 9244.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54012), Tenable (42441), SecurityFocus (BID 36908†), SecurityTracker (ID 1023157†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23999†). The entries VDB-50794, VDB-50793, VDB-50792 and VDB-50791 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 42441
Nessus Name: MS09-067: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (972652)
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OpenVAS ID: 900887
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Excel Multiple Vulnerabilities (972652)
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09/10/2009 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

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

CVE: CVE-2009-3127 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3127
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50787

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X-Force: 54012
SecurityFocus: 36908 - Microsoft Excel Formula Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1023157
Vulnerability Center: 23999 - [MS09-067] Microsoft Excel Cache Memory Corruption Vulnerability Allows Arbitrary Code Execution, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 01/05/2025 21:31
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (67), 02/16/2017 10:23 (10), 08/27/2021 16:11 (3), 08/27/2021 16:18 (2), 01/05/2025 21:31 (23)
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