The Microsoft Office Spotlight Importer in Spotlight in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 before 10.5.7 does not properly validate Microsoft Office files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a file that triggers memory corruption
Published May 13, 2009
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.11%
Description
The Microsoft Office Spotlight Importer in Spotlight in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 before 10.5.7 does not properly validate Microsoft Office files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a file that triggers memory corruption.
Affected products
No data.
- 10.4.11
- 10.5.0
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.3
- 10.5.4
- 10.5.5
- 10.5.6
- 10.4.11
- 10.5.0
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.3
- 10.5.4
- 10.5.5
- 10.5.6
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
Score over time
2022-2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 4.11% (0.04108) | 90.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.11% (0.04108) | 89.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 26, 2026 | 2.89% (0.02889) | 85.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.60% (0.01602) | 80.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 7.27% (0.07273) | 93.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 19, 2024 | 5.43% (0.05434) | 93.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 1, 2024 | 4.65% (0.04646) | 91.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.62% (0.03624) | 90.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.25% (0.03246) | 89.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.17% (0.04169) | 86.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 4.17% (0.04169) | 85.25th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 5.29% (0.05288) | 89.29th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.17% (0.04169) | 84.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.17% (0.04169) | 68.40th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34926 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34939 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022215 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34926 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34939 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022215 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
Change history (0)
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