PT-2006-1121 · Microsoft · Office+4

Published 2006-03-14 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2006-0030

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Excel versions 2000 through 2003 Microsoft Office version 2000 SP3

Description: The issue allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed graphic, leading to memory corruption. An attacker could exploit this by constructing a specially crafted Excel file, making remote code execution possible.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Excel versions 2000 through 2003, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. For Microsoft Office version 2000 SP3, consider applying security patches or updates that address this remote code execution vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of Excel files from untrusted sources to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0030

Affected Products

Office Excel

Office

Office Powerpoint

Office Word

Outlook

References · 26

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/27055 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0030 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0030 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19138 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-012 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015766 · Patch
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0950 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19238 · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm · Note
• http://osvdb.org/23901 · Note
• http://frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/0950 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1666 · Note
• http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1510 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0030 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-012 · Note