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."
CVE-2009-1136
Score elevated to 9.0 because EPSS predicts 86% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (top 0.6% of all CVEs). Confidence: see factors.
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 62%
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 9.0(low)
- EPSS
- 99.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 15, 2009
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (18)
- secure@microsofthttp://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/07/13/microsoft-security-advisory-973472-released.aspx
- secure@microsofthttp://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/07/13/more-information-about-the-office-web-components-activex-vulnerability.aspx
- secure@microsofthttp://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6778
- secure@microsofthttp://trac.metasploit.com/browser/framework3/trunk/modules/exploits/windows/browser/owc_spreadsheet_msdso.rb
- secure@microsofthttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/973472.mspx
- secure@microsofthttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
- secure@microsofthttp://xeye.us/blog/2009/07/one-0day/
- secure@microsofthttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-043
- secure@microsofthttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5809
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/07/13/microsoft-security-advisory-973472-released.aspx
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/07/13/more-information-about-the-office-web-components-activex-vulnerability.aspx
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6778
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://trac.metasploit.com/browser/framework3/trunk/modules/exploits/windows/browser/owc_spreadsheet_msdso.rb
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/973472.mspx
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
Weakness Classification(1)
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Publicly available exploits
(3 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (2 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-16537✓ verifiedFirst seen Jul 20, 2010
Microsoft Office Web Components (OWC) Spreadsheet - msDataSourceObject Memory Corruption (MS09-043) (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-9163✓ verifiedFirst seen Jul 16, 2009
Microsoft Office Web Components (OWC) Spreadsheet - ActiveX Buffer Overflow (PoC)
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/windows/browser/ms09_043_owc_msdso✓ verifiedFirst seen Jul 13, 2009
Microsoft OWC Spreadsheet msDataSourceObject Memory Corruption
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