CVE-2006-0029
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, and 2003, in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed description, which leads to memory corruption.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.6%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, and 2003, in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed description, which leads to memory corruption.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 14.63% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/excel · microsoft/office
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19138Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19238Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/585
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/586
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015766Patch
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/235774Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/23900
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-073A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0950Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-012
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25227
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1522
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1570
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1579
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1633
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19138Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19238Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/585
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/586
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015766Patch
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/235774Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/23900
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-073A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0950Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-012
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25227
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1522
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1570
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.