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CVE-2009-0238

high · 8.8Actively exploited

On the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Added 2026-04-14Remediation due 2026-04-28

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.

8.8
CVSS
43.2%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
99th
EPSS percentile
2009-02-25
Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
microsoftexcel2000
microsoftexcel2002
microsoftexcel2003
microsoftexcel2007
microsoftexcel_viewerall versions
microsoftoffice2004
microsoftoffice2008
microsoftoffice_compatibility_pack2007
microsoftoffice_excel_viewerall versions
microsoftoffice_excel_viewer2003

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References

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