CVE-2006-1540
MSO.DLL in Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP (2002), and Office 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service and execute arbitrary code via multiple attack vectors, as originally demonstrated using a crafted document record with a…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 28.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
MSO.DLL in Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP (2002), and Office 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service and execute arbitrary code via multiple attack vectors, as originally demonstrated using a crafted document record with a malformed string, as demonstrated by replacing a certain "01 00 00 00" byte sequence with an "FF FF FF FF" byte sequence, possibly causing an invalid array index, in (1) an Excel .xls document, which triggers an access violation in ole32.dll; (2) an Excel .xlw document, which triggers an access violation in excel.exe; (3) a Word document, which triggers an access violation in mso.dll in winword.exe; and (4) a PowerPoint document, which triggers an access violation in powerpnt.txt. NOTE: after the initial disclosure, this issue was demonstrated by triggering an integer overflow using an inconsistent size for a Unicode "Sheet Name" string.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 28.63% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 27 March 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- microsoft/office
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 28.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21012Third Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015855Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/609868Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/27150Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439697/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17252Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18889Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-192A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2756Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-038
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27607Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27609Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A639Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1615Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21012Third Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015855Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/609868Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/27150Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439697/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17252Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18889Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-192A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2756Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-038
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27607Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27609Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A639Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1615Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.