CVE-2009-0238

HIGH KEV

Microsoft Office <2007 SP1 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Excel Viewer; Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1; and Excel in Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel document that triggers an access attempt on an invalid object, as exploited in the wild in February 2009 by Trojan.Mdropper.AC.

References (12)

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.7491
EPSS Percentile 98.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CISA KEV 2026-04-14
VulnCheck KEV 2009-02-25
InTheWild.io 2018-10-12
ENISA EUVD EUVD-2009-0246
CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (15)
microsoft/excel 2004
microsoft/excel 2000 sp3
microsoft/excel 2002 sp3
microsoft/excel 2003 sp3
microsoft/excel 2007 sp1
microsoft/excel_viewer
microsoft/office 2008 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/office 2004
microsoft/office_compatibility_pack 2007 sp1
microsoft/office_excel 2000 sp3
... and 5 more
Published Feb 25, 2009
KEV Added Apr 14, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026