5.1 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.956 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.4%
Microsoft Excel contains a memory corruption vulnerability. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
Microsoft Excel fails to properly validate parsing format files. When a file with a malformed parsing format files is opened in Excel, system memory can be corrupted in a way that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
More information is available in MS06-012
A remote unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.
Apply a patch from your vendor
Microsoft addresses this vulnerability with the updates listed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-012
Do not access Excel files from untrusted sources
By only accessing Excel files, such as spreadsheets, from trusted or known sources, the chances of exploitation are reduced.
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Updated: March 14, 2006
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We have not received a statement from the vendor.
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Please see <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-012.mspx>.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23339878 Feedback>).
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<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-012.mspx>
This issue was reported in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-012. Microsoft credits TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative with providing information regarding these issues.
This document was written by Jeff Gennari.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-0028 |
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Severity Metric: | 22.50 Date Public: |