9.3 - MS09-021

Executive Summary

This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.

Summary
Title	Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (969462)

Informations
Name	MS09-021	First vendor Publication	2009-06-09
Vendor	Microsoft	Last vendor Modification	2009-06-17
Severity (Vendor)	Critical	Revision	1.1

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score	NA
Base Score	NA	Environmental Score	NA
impact SubScore	NA	Temporal Score	NA
Exploitabality Sub Score	NA

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score	9.3	Attack Range	Network
Cvss Impact Score	10	Attack Complexity	Medium
Cvss Expoit Score	8.6	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

Revision Note: V1.1 (June 17, 2009): Added a link to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 969462 under Known Issues in the Executive Summary.Summary: This security update resolves several privately reported vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file that includes a malformed record object. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

Original Source

Url : http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS09-021.mspx

CAPEC : Common Attack Pattern Enumeration & Classification

Id	Name
CAPEC-8	Buffer Overflow in an API Call
CAPEC-9	Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities
CAPEC-10	Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
CAPEC-14	Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
CAPEC-24	Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
CAPEC-42	MIME Conversion
CAPEC-44	Overflow Binary Resource File
CAPEC-45	Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
CAPEC-46	Overflow Variables and Tags
CAPEC-47	Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion
CAPEC-100	Overflow Buffers

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
71 %	CWE-94	Failure to Control Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
14 %	CWE-399	Resource Management Errors
14 %	CWE-189	Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11525

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11525
Title:	Array Indexing Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description:	Array index error in Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file with a malformed record object, aka "Array Indexing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Family:	windows	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2009-0558	Version:	7
Platform(s):	Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2008	Product(s):	Microsoft Excel 2000
Definition Synopsis:
IF Microsoft Excel 2000 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 9.0.0.8979

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5564

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5564
Title:	Object Record Corruption Vulnerability
Description:	Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Excel in 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file with a malformed record object, aka "Object Record Corruption Vulnerability."
Family:	windows	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2009-0557	Version:	8
Platform(s):	Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2008	Product(s):	Microsoft Excel 2000 Microsoft Excel 2002 Microsoft Excel 2003 Microsoft Excel 2007 Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 Microsoft Office Excel Viewer Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack
Definition Synopsis:
IF Microsoft Excel 2000 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 9.0.0.8979 OR Microsoft Excel 2002 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 10.0.6854.0 OR Microsoft Excel 2003 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 11.0.8307.0 OR Microsoft Excel 2007 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 12.0.6504.5001 OR Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003 is installed AND Xlview.exe version is less than 11.0.8307.0 OR Microsoft Excel Viewer 2007 is installed AND XLView.exe version is less than 12.0.6504.5000 OR Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack is installed AND Excelcnv.exe version is less than 12.0.6504.5001

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5830

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5830
Title:	Record Pointer Corruption Vulnerability
Description:	Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file with a malformed record object, aka "Record Pointer Corruption Vulnerability."
Family:	windows	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2009-0549	Version:	6
Platform(s):	Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2008	Product(s):	Microsoft Excel 2000 Microsoft Excel 2002 Microsoft Excel 2003 Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003
Definition Synopsis:
IF Microsoft Excel 2000 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 9.0.0.8979 OR Microsoft Excel 2002 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 10.0.6854.0 OR Microsoft Excel 2003 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 11.0.8307.0 OR Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003 is installed AND Xlview.exe version is less than 11.0.8307.0

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5922

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5922
Title:	Record Pointer Corruption Vulnerability
Description:	Excel in 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BIFF file with a malformed Qsir (0x806) record object, aka "Record Pointer Corruption Vulnerability."
Family:	windows	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2009-1134	Version:	8
Platform(s):	Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2008	Product(s):	Microsoft Excel 2007 Microsoft Office Excel Viewer Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack
Definition Synopsis:
IF Microsoft Excel 2007 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 12.0.6504.5001 OR Microsoft Excel Viewer 2007 is installed AND XLView.exe version is less than 12.0.6504.5000 OR Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack is installed AND Excelcnv.exe version is less than 12.0.6504.5001

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5925

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5925
Title:	Record Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Description:	Integer overflow in Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Excel in 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer; Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2; and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a Shared String Table (SST) record with a numeric field that specifies an invalid number of unique strings, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Record Integer Overflow Vulnerability."
Family:	windows	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2009-0561	Version:	9
Platform(s):	Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2008	Product(s):	Microsoft Excel 2000 Microsoft Excel 2002 Microsoft Excel 2003 Microsoft Excel 2007 Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 Microsoft Office Excel Viewer Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Definition Synopsis:
IF Microsoft Excel 2000 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 9.0.0.8979 OR Microsoft Excel 2002 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 10.0.6854.0 OR Microsoft Excel 2003 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 11.0.8307.0 OR Microsoft Excel 2007 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 12.0.6504.5001 OR Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003 is installed AND Xlview.exe version is less than 11.0.8307.0 OR Microsoft Excel Viewer 2007 is installed AND XLView.exe version is less than 12.0.6504.5000 OR Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack is installed AND Excelcnv.exe version is less than 12.0.6504.5001 OR Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is installed. AND Ecscalcserver.dll version is less than 12.0.6500.5000

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6178

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6178
Title:	Field Sanitization Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description:	Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Excel in 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file with a malformed record object, aka "Field Sanitization Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Family:	windows	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2009-0560	Version:	8
Platform(s):	Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2008	Product(s):	Microsoft Excel 2000 Microsoft Excel 2002 Microsoft Excel 2003 Microsoft Excel 2007 Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 Microsoft Office Excel Viewer Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack
Definition Synopsis:
IF Microsoft Excel 2000 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 9.0.0.8979 OR Microsoft Excel 2002 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 10.0.6854.0 OR Microsoft Excel 2003 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 11.0.8307.0 OR Microsoft Excel 2007 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 12.0.6504.5001 OR Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003 is installed AND Xlview.exe version is less than 11.0.8307.0 OR Microsoft Excel Viewer 2007 is installed AND XLView.exe version is less than 12.0.6504.5000 OR Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack is installed AND Excelcnv.exe version is less than 12.0.6504.5001

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6273

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6273
Title:	String Copy Stack-Based Overrun Vulnerability
Description:	Stack-based buffer overflow in Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and Office XP SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file with a malformed record object, aka "String Copy Stack-Based Overrun Vulnerability."
Family:	windows	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2009-0559	Version:	6
Platform(s):	Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2008	Product(s):	Microsoft Excel 2000 Microsoft Excel 2002
Definition Synopsis:
IF Microsoft Excel 2000 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 9.0.0.8979 OR Microsoft Excel 2002 is installed AND Excel.exe version is less than 10.0.6854.0

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Microsoft Office cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:::::macos:: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008::mac::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:::::macos:: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004::mac::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3::::::	9
Application	Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007::sp2::::::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007::sp1::::::*	2
Application	Microsoft Office Excel cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2007:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2007:sp1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2003:sp3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2000:sp3::::::	4
Application	Microsoft Office Excel Viewer cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:2003:sp3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:-:::::::*	3
Application	Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp1:x64:::::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp1:x32:::::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp2:x32:::::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp2:x64:::::*	6
Application	Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:::mac:::::*	1

SAINT Exploits

Description	Link
Microsoft Excel BIFF format Qsir record memory corruption	More info here

OpenVAS Exploits

Date	Description
2009-06-15	Name : Ubuntu USN-785-1 (ipsec-tools) File : nvt/ubuntu_785_1.nasl
2009-06-12	Name : Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (969462) File : nvt/secpod_ms09-021.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id	Description
54958	Microsoft Office Excel BIFF File QSIR Record Object Pointer Handling Remote C...
54957	Microsoft Office Excel File SST Record Handling String Parsing Overflow
54956	Microsoft Office Excel Record Object Field Sanitization Memory Corruption
54955	Microsoft Office Excel Malformed Records Handling Overflow
54954	Microsoft Office Excel Record Parsing Array Indexing Memory Corruption
54953	Microsoft Office Excel Malformed Record Object Pointer Handling Remote Code E...
54952	Microsoft Office Excel Malformed Record Object Pointer Handling Remote Code E...

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date	Description
2019-12-24	Microsoft Office Excel MsoDrawingGroup record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 52286 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2019-12-24	Microsoft Office Excel MsoDrawingGroup record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 52285 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2019-12-24	Microsoft Office Excel MsoDrawingGroup record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 52284 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2019-12-24	Microsoft Office Excel MsoDrawingGroup record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 52283 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2019-10-01	Microsoft Excel ExternSheet record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 51311 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2019-10-01	Microsoft Excel ExternSheet record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 51310 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2019-09-12	Microsoft Office Excel MsoDrawingGroup record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 50957 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2019-09-12	Microsoft Office Excel MsoDrawingGroup record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 50956 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2016-04-19	Microsoft Office Excel Formula record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 38265 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-11-16	Microsoft Office Excel FtCbls remote code execution attempt RuleID : 31876 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-11-16	Microsoft Office Excel FtCbls remote code execution attempt RuleID : 31875 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-11-16	Microsoft Office Excel Qsir and Qsif record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 31374 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Office Excel FtCbls remote code execution attempt RuleID : 28136 - Revision : 5 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Office Excel FtCbls remote code execution attempt RuleID : 28135 - Revision : 5 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Office Excel MsoDrawingGroup record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 25969 - Revision : 7 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Office Excel MsoDrawingGroup record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 19943 - Revision : 16 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Office Excel BRAI record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 18399 - Revision : 15 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Office Excel Qsir and Qsif record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 15542 - Revision : 16 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Office Excel SST record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 15541 - Revision : 19 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Office Excel Formula record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 15539 - Revision : 19 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2015-05-28	Microsoft Office Excel MsoDrawingGroup record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 15537 - Revision : 6 - Type : WEB-CLIENT
2014-01-10	Microsoft Office Excel ExternSheet record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 15521 - Revision : 11 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Office Excel FtCbls remote code execution attempt RuleID : 15520 - Revision : 8 - Type : WEB-CLIENT
2014-01-10	Microsoft Office Excel BRAI record remote code execution attempt RuleID : 15519 - Revision : 11 - Type : FILE-OFFICE

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2010-10-20	Name : An application installed on the remote Mac OS X host is affected by multiple ... File : macosx_ms_office_jun2009.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-10	Name : It is possible to execute arbitrary code on the remote Windows host using Mic... File : smb_nt_ms09-021.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date	Informations
2015-05-28 21:26:35	Multiple Updates
2014-11-16 21:25:20	Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 11:46:14	Multiple Updates
2014-01-19 21:30:19	Multiple Updates

Global Informations

Type	Count
Capec ID(s)	11
CWE ID(s)	8
Oval ID(s)	7
CPE ID(s)	25
Saint Exploit(s)	1
osvdb(s)	7
Openvas Exploit(s)	2
Snort® Rule(s)	24
Nessus® Exploit(s)	2

	Related
9.3	MS10-017
9.3	MS09-067
9.3	MS09-027
9.3	MS09-017
9.3	MS09-009
9.3	MS08-074
9.3	MS08-057
9.3	CVE-2009-1134
9.3	CVE-2009-0561
9.3	CVE-2009-0560
9.3	CVE-2009-0559
9.3	CVE-2009-0558
9.3	CVE-2009-0549
7.8	CVE-2009-0557
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