MS09-043: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Web Components Control Could Allow Remote Code Execution (973472)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 39783

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains an ActiveX control that could allow remote code execution.

Description

The remote Windows host includes Microsoft Office Web Components, a collection of Component Object Model (COM) controls for publishing and viewing spreadsheets, charts, and databases on the web.

A privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office Web Components reportedly can be abused to corrupt the system state and allow execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Office XP and 2003, as well as for Microsoft ISA server.

See Also

https://www.nessus.org/u?510786ed

https://www.nessus.org/u?682ca4b4

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 39783

File Name: smb_kb_973472.nasl

Version: 1.31

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 7/14/2009

Updated: 10/5/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-1136

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Required KB Items: SMB/WindowsVersion, SMB/Missing/MS09-043

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2009

Exploitable With

CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Microsoft OWC Spreadsheet msDataSourceObject Memory Corruption)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1136

BID: 35642

CWE: 94

IAVA: 2009-A-0069-S

MSFT: MS09-043

MSKB: 973472

Secunia: 35800