CVE-2009-0562
What it is
The Office Web Components ActiveX Control in Microsoft Office XP SP3, 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 SP1, and Office Small Business Accounting 2006 does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger "system state" corruption, aka "Office Web Components Memory Allocation Vulnerability."
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 25.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS). Higher than most.
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 25.7% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 9.3 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 25.7% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Microsoft Isa Server 2004
- Microsoft Isa Server 2006
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Office 2003
- Microsoft Office Xp
- Microsoft Office Web Components 2000
- Microsoft Office Web Components 2003
- Microsoft Office Web Components Xp
Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 9.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- Complete
- Availability
- Complete
Raw vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
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References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022708
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-043
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6337
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022708
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-043
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6337