Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, and 2003, in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed range, which could lead to memory corruption involving an argument to the msvcrt.memmove function, aka "Brand new Microsoft Excel Vulnerability," as originally placed for sale on eBay as item number 7203336538.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Excel 95/97/2000/2002/2003/2004 - Malformed Range Memory Corruption EDB-26769 · dos · Dec 8, 2005 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- excel-msvcrt-memmove-bo(23537) vdb-entry
- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7203336538
- 15780 vdb-entry
- http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1759%2C1899697%2C00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000614
- 584 third-party-advisory
- http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=174910198
- ADV-2006-0950 vdb-entry
- http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5989078.html
- http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/excel-flaw-up-for-sale-on-ebay/2005/12/09/1134086783318.html
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm
- 591 third-party-advisory
- 19238 third-party-advisory
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/10/ebay_pulls_excel_vulnerability_auction/
- TA06-073A third-party-advisory
- 19138 third-party-advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/blog/?p=71
- 1015333 vdb-entry
- 20060314 High Risk Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel mailing-list
- http://www.dicks-blog.com/archives/2005/12/08/excel-vulnerability-for-sale/
- 1015766 vdb-entry
- VU#642428 third-party-advisory
- 20060315 [HV-HIGH] Microsoft Excel Named Range Arbitrary Code Execution mailing-list
- http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11363
- http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-5988086.html
- MS06-012 vendor-advisory