RCE in Microsoft Excel
CVE-2006-2388
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed cell comments, which lead to modification of "critical data offsets" during the rebuilding process.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.108 (95.7th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.108 · newest: 0.108 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Excel — versions 2000, 2002, 2003
- Microsoft Excel Viewer — versions 2003
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-037 (vendor-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18938 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439786/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2755 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:234 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-022.html (Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27604 (vdb-entry)