Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel
CVE-2006-3431
Buffer overflow in certain Asian language versions of Microsoft Excel might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted STYLE record in a spreadsheet that triggers the overflow when the user attempts to repair the document or selects the "Style" option, as demonstrated by nanika.xls. NOTE: Microsoft has confirmed to CVE via e-mail that this is different than the other Excel vulnerabilities announced before 20060707, including CVE-2006-3059 and CVE-2006-3086.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.283 (98.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.283 · newest: 0.283 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439427/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20268 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-059 (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:431 (signature, vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18872 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2689 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438963/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)