Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.146 (96.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.146 · newest: 0.146 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Excel — versions 2000, 2002, 2003
- Microsoft Office — versions 2000, 2003, 2004
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0950 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/585 (third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1579 (signature, vdb-entry)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1570 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/19238 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/586 (third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/235774 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1522 (signature, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1633 (signature, vdb-entry)