PT-2006-2319 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Published 2006-07-13 · Updated 2018-10-18 · CVE-2006-1304

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Excel versions 2000 through 2003

Description A buffer overflow issue exists, allowing user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .xls file with a malformed COLINFO record. This triggers the overflow during a data filling operation. The issue results from the processing of a specially crafted Excel file, which could allow remote code execution.

Recommendations For Microsoft Excel versions 2000 through 2003, consider avoiding the use of .xls files from untrusted sources until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the opening of Excel files with crafted COLINFO records to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-1304

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 14

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1304 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-037 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/18888 · Patch
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1304 · Security Note
• http://nsfocus.com/english/homepage/research/0606.htm · Vendor Advisory
• http://frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/2755 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016472 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2755 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-037 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A545 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1304 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/439909/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/439909/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:545 · Note