THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2009-0224
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2009-0224

Compatibility Pack Word Excel Powerpoint vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
30.1%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; PowerPoint Viewer 2003 and 2007 SP1 and SP2; PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Works 8.5 and 9.0; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 do not properly validate PowerPoint files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple crafted BuildList records that include ChartBuild containers, which triggers memory corruption, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Compatibility Pack Word Excel Powerpoint
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2009-05-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 30.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-0224

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Compatibility Pack Word Excel Powerpoint is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-0224.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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