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CVE-2009-3129

Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
September 10, 2009
Published Date
November 11, 2009
Last Updated
February 10, 2025
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Office Excel
Description
Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet with a FEATHEADER record containing an invalid cbHdrData size element that affects a pointer offset, aka "Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Tags
cisa metasploit_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

7.8 - HIGH

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

CVSS v2.0

9.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2022-03-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

http://osvdb.org/59860 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6521 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023157 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36945 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-314A.html http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=832 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-067 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-11/0080.html http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-083 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14706

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2022-03-03 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ms09_067_excel_featheader.rb 2025-04-29 11:01:35 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

ms09_067_excel_featheader

Type: metasploit • Created: Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2009-3129

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Metasploit