Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel
CVE-2005-4131
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 range, which could lead to memory corruption involving an argument to the msvcrt.memmove function, aka "Brand new Microsoft Excel Vulnerability," as originally placed for sale on eBay as item number 7203336538.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.311 (98.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.311 · newest: 0.311 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Excel — versions 95, 97, 2000
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23537 (vdb-entry)
- cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15780 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1899697,00.asp
- securityreason.com/securityalert/584 (third-party-advisory)
- informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0950 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5989078.html
- www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/excel-flaw-up-for-sale-on-ebay/2005/12/09/11340…
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm