CVE-2009-1136

Public Exploit

Description

The Microsoft Office Web Components Spreadsheet ActiveX control (aka OWC10 or OWC11), as distributed in Office XP SP3 and Office 2003 SP3, Office XP Web Components SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP1 for the 2007 Microsoft Office System, Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 SP3 and 2006 Gold and SP1, and Office Small Business Accounting 2006, when used in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted call to the msDataSourceObject method, as exploited in the wild in July and August 2009, aka "Office Web Components HTML Script Vulnerability."

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 85.96% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory microsoft.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5809 signature vdb entry
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6778
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/973472.mspx vendor advisory
http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/07/13/more-information-about-the-office-web-components-activex-vulnerability.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/07/13/microsoft-security-advisory-973472-released.aspx
http://xeye.us/blog/2009/07/one-0day/ exploit
http://trac.metasploit.com/browser/framework3/trunk/modules/exploits/windows/browser/owc_spreadsheet_msdso.rb exploit
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-043 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1136?
CVE-2009-1136 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1136?
To fix CVE-2009-1136, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-1136 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1136 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~86% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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