{"cve":"CVE-2009-0238","nvd":{"published":"2009-02-25T16:30:00.343","modified":"2026-06-16T23:04:33.880","status":"Analyzed","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":["CWE-94"],"references":["http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2658","http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5923","http://securitytracker.com/id?1021744","http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/968272.mspx","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33870"],"products":["microsoft:excel","microsoft:excel_viewer","microsoft:office","microsoft:office_compatibility_pack","microsoft:office_excel_viewer"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:53:23.791937413+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-0238","score":0.42941,"percentile":0.9872,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":{"cve":"CVE-2009-0238","date_added":"2026-04-14","due_date":"2026-04-28","vendor":"Microsoft","product":"Office","known_ransomware":false},"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}