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CVE-2009-3129

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Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet with a FEATHEADER record containing an invalid cbHdrData size element that affects a pointer offset, aka "Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS 7.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.0/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

8.6/10

General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?

Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
Technical severity: CVSS 7.8: +1.17
Fresh EPSS: 84.03%: +0.42

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 6 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)

0/100

Press, 30 days (60%)

0/100

Grounded branding (15%)

0/100

HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

BleepingComputer

Press · 04 Mar 2022, 08:00 · CISA warns organizations to patch 95 actively exploited bugs - BleepingComputer

Securelist

Press · 17 Jan 2013, 08:00 · “Red October”. Detailed Malware Description 1. First Stage of Attack - Securelist

Securelist

Press · 16 Jan 2013, 08:00 · Red October – Java Exploit Delivery Vector Analysis - Securelist

Cisco Blogs

Press · 15 Jan 2013, 08:00 · Red October in January: The Cyber Espionage Era - Cisco Blogs

Dice

Press · 14 Jan 2013, 08:00 · The Hunt for Red October - Dice

See all 6 source documents

Securelist

Press · 14 Jan 2013, 08:00 · “Red October” Diplomatic Cyber Attacks Investigation - Securelist

Score evolution

● Hype ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.6 (2026-11-02 15:11). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

Source entries and unverified repository candidates are counted separately.

Public exploit evidence

exploitdb #14706 2010-08-21
exploitdb #16625 2010-09-25

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence: Exploitation recorded
Priority basis: Recorded exploitation; CVSS 7.8; EPSS 84.0%
Attention, last 30 days: 0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential: local access, no prior privileges, user interaction.
Observed activity: Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale: Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis: Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:57:23.112651+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline

Published

11 Nov 2009, 19:00

First press mention

14 Jan 2013, 08:00

Added to the CISA KEV catalog

03 Mar 2022, 00:00

Latest press mention

04 Mar 2022, 08:00

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:57

PoCs on GitHub

2 repositories