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CVE-2009-0238
CWE-94
Critical
97.2
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
Description
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.
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 8.8
- High · v3.1
- EPSS
- 43.21%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since Apr 2026
- Fix commit
- No known fix commit
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Published
- 25 Feb 2009
- Last modified 22 Apr 2026
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Data as of 7 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time