RCE in Microsoft Excel
CVE-2006-1306
Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .xls file with a crafted BIFF record with an attacker-controlled array index that is used for a function pointer, aka "Malformed OBJECT record Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
EPSS: 0.093 (94.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Excel — versions 2000, 2002, 2003
- Microsoft Excel_viewer — versions 2003
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
- secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- secure@microsoft.com (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)