Microsoft Office Web Components Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

  Severity: CRITICAL
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2009-1136,MS09-043
  Advisory Date: FEB 15, 2011

  DESCRIPTION

 The Microsoft Office Web Components Spreadsheet ActiveX control (aka OWC10 or OWC11), as distributed in Office XP SP3 and Office 2003 SP3, Office XP Web Components SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP1 for the 2007 Microsoft Office System, Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 SP3 and 2006 Gold and SP1, and Office Small Business Accounting 2006, when used in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted call to the msDataSourceObject method, as exploited in the wild in July and August 2009, aka "Office Web Components HTML Script Vulnerability."

  TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

Trend Micro Deep Security shields networks through Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) rules. Trend Micro customers using OfficeScan with Intrusion Defense Firewall (IDF) plugin are also protected from attacks using these vulnerabilities. Please refer to the filter number and filter name when applying appropriate DPI and/or IDF rules.

  SOLUTION

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1003616
  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1003616 - Microsoft Office Web Components Control Remote Code Execution

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • microsoft isa_server 2004
  • microsoft isa_server 2006
  • microsoft office 2003
  • microsoft office_web_components 2003
  • microsoft office_web_components xp
  • microsoft office_xp sp3