CVE-2009-0560

Exploitation likely. EPSS gives it a 28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. No fix published yet.

CVSS 2.09.3Critical EPSS percentile98th28% chance in 30 days CISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit known FixNone yetNo fix or workaround published

Published 2009-06-10Updated 2026-04-23Sources: CVE.org, NVD

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What to do

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What it is

From the CVE record

Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Excel in 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file with a malformed record object, aka "Field Sanitization Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS98th

CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

28% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 98th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

5 events over 6224 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

2026-06-25OpenVAS check added
2026-06-22EPSS band changehigh → moderate
2026-04-23Record updated
2009-06-10Publishedweakness classified

Affected products

microsoftcommercial · US
- officeDesktop AppConsumer Software / productivity
- office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007Desktop AppOn-premConsumer Software / productivity
- office excelDesktop AppOn-premConsumer Software
- office excel viewerDesktop AppOn-premConsumer Software / productivity
- office sharepoint serverWeb AppOn-premEnterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
- open xml file format converterDesktop AppOn-premOperating Systems / windows

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Technical detail

CVSS 2.0 vector

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AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Scored 9.3 by NVD.

How it is reached

Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
Access Complexity MediumSome conditions must be met
Authentication NoneNo authentication required

Impact if exploited

Confidentiality CompleteAll information is disclosed
Integrity CompleteAll data can be modified
Availability CompleteTotal shutdown of the affected resource

Weaknesses

CWE-399No name in the record

Sources

References in the record

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