CVE-2009-1533 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, Office 2007 SP1, and Works 8.5 and 9. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious Works .wps file that triggers memory corruption. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2003CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
sp3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.