Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (968557)
🗓️ 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AGType
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| docs | www.docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-009 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/33870 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/34413 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900476");
script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-03-18 14:42:27 +0100 (Wed, 18 Mar 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0238", "CVE-2009-0100");
script_name("Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (968557)");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-009");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33870");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34413");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
script_dependencies("secpod_office_products_version_900032.nasl", "secpod_ms_office_detection_900025.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("MS/Office/Ver", "SMB/Office/Excel/Version");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow execution of arbitrary code by tricking
a user into opening a specially crafted Excel file.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- Microsoft Office Excel 2K SP3
- Microsoft Office Excel 2k2 SP3
- Microsoft Office Excel 2k3 SP3
- Microsoft Office Excel 2k7 SP1");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Flaws are due to Memory corruption error and an invalid object access when
processing a malformed Excel document, which in cause an application crash.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing a critical security update according to
Microsoft Bulletin MS09-009.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
officeVer = get_kb_item("MS/Office/Ver");
if(officeVer && officeVer =~ "^(9|1[0-2])\.")
{
excelVer = get_kb_item("SMB/Office/Excel/Version");
if(!excelVer || excelVer !~ "^(9|1[0-2])\."){
exit(0);
}
if(version_in_range(version:excelVer, test_version:"9.0", test_version2:"9.0.0.8976")){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
else if(version_in_range(version:excelVer, test_version:"10.0", test_version2:"10.0.6851")){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
else if(version_in_range(version:excelVer, test_version:"11.0", test_version2:"11.0.8301")){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
else if(version_in_range(version:excelVer, test_version:"12.0", test_version2:"12.0.6341.5000")){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
}
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