VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-1301
Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .xls file with a crafted SELECTION record that triggers memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1302.
HIGH 9.3EPSS 9.79%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .xls file with a crafted SELECTION record that triggers memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1302.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 9.79% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- microsoft/excel · microsoft/excel viewer
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016472
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18853
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2755Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-037
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A557
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016472
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18853
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2755Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-037
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A557
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.