CVE-2009-0238

CVE Descriptions

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.

CVE Informations

Related Weaknesses

CWE-ID	Weakness Name	Source
CWE-94	Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

Metrics

Metrics	Score	Severity	CVSS Vector	Source
V2	9.3		AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	nvd@nist.gov

EPSS

EPSS is a scoring model that predicts the likelihood of a vulnerability being exploited.

EPSS Score

The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%). The higher the score, the greater the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited.

Date	EPSS V0	EPSS V1	EPSS V2 (> 2022-02-04)	EPSS V3 (> 2025-03-07)	EPSS V4 (> 2025-03-17)
2022-02-06	–	–	57.79%	–	–
2022-03-27	–	–	55.1%	–	–
2022-04-03	–	–	55.1%	–	–
2022-05-29	–	–	49.76%	–	–
2022-07-17	–	–	9.92%	–	–
2022-07-24	–	–	49.76%	–	–
2022-07-31	–	–	46.72%	–	–
2022-12-18	–	–	46.72%	–	–
2023-03-12	–	–	–	70.33%	–
2023-04-16	–	–	–	67.1%	–
2023-06-04	–	–	–	68.83%	–
2023-06-25	–	–	–	68.83%	–
2023-07-02	–	–	–	68.83%	–
2023-07-16	–	–	–	65.06%	–
2023-08-27	–	–	–	64.85%	–
2023-10-22	–	–	–	64.85%	–
2024-02-04	–	–	–	55.39%	–
2024-02-11	–	–	–	55.39%	–
2024-03-10	–	–	–	56.69%	–
2024-06-02	–	–	–	61.78%	–
2024-06-30	–	–	–	61.12%	–
2024-08-04	–	–	–	54.84%	–
2024-09-08	–	–	–	50.25%	–
2024-10-13	–	–	–	49.15%	–
2024-11-17	–	–	–	46.5%	–
2024-12-22	–	–	–	72.03%	–
2025-03-09	–	–	–	77.17%	–
2025-03-16	–	–	–	77.17%	–
2025-01-19	–	–	–	72.03%	–
2025-03-09	–	–	–	77.17%	–
2025-03-18	–	–	–	–	58.07%
2025-03-18	–	–	–	–	58.07,%

EPSS Percentile

The percentile is used to rank CVE according to their EPSS score. For example, a CVE in the 95th percentile according to its EPSS score is more likely to be exploited than 95% of other CVE. Thus, the percentile is used to compare the EPSS score of a CVE with that of other CVE.

EPSS First.org

Date	Percentile
2022-02-06	99%
2022-03-27	98%
2022-04-03	99%
2022-05-29	99%
2022-07-17	94%
2022-07-24	99%
2022-07-31	98%
2022-12-18	99%
2023-03-12	97%
2023-04-16	97%
2023-06-04	98%
2023-06-25	97%
2023-07-02	98%
2023-07-16	97%
2023-08-27	97%
2023-10-22	98%
2024-02-04	97%
2024-02-11	98%
2024-03-10	98%
2024-06-02	98%
2024-06-30	98%
2024-08-04	98%
2024-09-08	98%
2024-10-13	98%
2024-11-17	98%
2024-12-22	98%
2025-03-09	98%
2025-03-16	99%
2025-01-19	98%
2025-03-09	98%
2025-03-18	98%
2025-03-18	98%