CVE-2009-0238

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.429 · 99 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV

Likely / severe?

42.9% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

20 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2026-04-14remediate by 2026-04-28

required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution

Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Excel Viewer; Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1; and Excel in Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel document that triggers an access attempt on an invalid object, as exploited in the wild in February 2009 by Trojan.Mdropper.AC.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-94USprimaryCWE-94US

affected products (20)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Excel Viewerall versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003 Service Pack 3all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Office 2004all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 1all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Office 2008all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 1all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3all versionsfstec_bduRU
microsoft excel= 2000nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft excel= 2002nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft excel= 2003nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft excel= 2007nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft excel viewerall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office= 2004nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office= 2008nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office compatibility pack= 2007nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office excel viewerall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office excel viewer= 2003nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-02-25modified 2026-06-16

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references (23)

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