CVE-2009-3129 on CISA KEV

Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet with a FEATHEADER record containing an…

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• osvdb.org — http://osvdb.org/59860
• oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023157
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36945
• www.us-cert.gov — http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-314A.html
• labs.idefense.com — http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=832
• docs.microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-06…
• archives.neohapsis.com — http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-11/0080.html
• www.zerodayinitiative.com — http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-083
• www.exploit-db.com — http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14706

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

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06Detection

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