CVSS 3.1
8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2009-0238
High (8.8) in Microsoft Office. In CISA KEV since 2026-04-14. EPSS 43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2026-04-14, due 2026-04-28
- CWE
- CWE-94
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:excel
- microsoft:excel_viewer
- microsoft:office
- microsoft:office_compatibility_pack
- microsoft:office_excel_viewer