Microsoft Office 2004/2008 Spreadsheet code injection

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
8.9$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Office 2004/2008. This affects an unknown part of the component Spreadsheet. The manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-3129. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

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 01/05/2025). 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 attacked. 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:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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), Exploit-DB (14706), Tenable (50063), SecurityFocus (BID 36945†) and OSVDB (59860†). The entries VDB-4057, VDB-50794, VDB-50793 and VDB-50792 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.9

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 10.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Attacked
Programming Language: 🔍
Download: 🔍

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

KEV Added: 🔍
KEV Due: 🔍
KEV Remediation: 🔍
KEV Ransomware: 🔍
KEV Notice: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 50063
Nessus Name: MS09-067 / MS09-068: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (972652 / 976307) (Mac OS X)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 900887
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Excel Multiple Vulnerabilities (972652)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

MetaSploit ID: ms09_067_excel_featheader.rb
MetaSploit Name: MS09-067 Microsoft Excel Malformed FEATHEADER Record Vulnerability
MetaSploit File: 🔍

Exploit-DB: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍
Exploit Delay Time: 🔍
TippingPoint: 🔍

McAfee IPS: 🔍
McAfee IPS Version: 🔍

ISS Proventia IPS: 🔍
PaloAlto IPS: 🔍
Fortigate IPS: 🔍

Timelineinfo

09/10/2009 🔍
11/10/2009 +61 days 🔍
11/10/2009 +0 days 🔍
11/10/2009 +0 days 🔍
11/10/2009 +0 days 🔍
11/10/2009 +0 days 🔍
11/11/2009 +0 days 🔍
11/11/2009 +0 days 🔍
08/21/2010 +283 days 🔍
08/21/2010 +0 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1670 days 🔍
01/05/2025 +3581 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: iDefense Labs
Organization: VeriSign iDefense Labs
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-3129 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3129
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50789

OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 54006
SecurityFocus: 36945 - Microsoft Excel 'FEATHEADER' Record Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 59860 - Microsoft Office Excel BIFF File FEATHEADER cbHdrData Size Element Handling Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1023157
Vulnerability Center: 24004 - [MS09-067] Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability Allows Code Execution, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 01/05/2025 21:31
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), 07/16/2024 22:38 (12), 09/09/2024 22:29 (1), 01/05/2025 21:31 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216:725:103

If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Might our Artificial Intelligence support you?

Check our Alexa App!