CVEvulnerability
CVE-2005-4131
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2005-12-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
Affected configurations
• microsoft excel 95
• microsoft excel 97
• microsoft excel 2000
• microsoft excel 2002
• microsoft excel 2003
References
- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7203336538 cgi.ebay.com
- http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=174910198 informationweek.com
- http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-5988086.html news.com.com
- http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5989078.html news.zdnet.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19138 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19238 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/584 securityreason.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/591 securityreason.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015333 securitytracker.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015766 securitytracker.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm support.avaya.com
- http://www.dicks-blog.com/archives/2005/12/08/excel-vulnerability-for-sale/ www.dicks-blog.com
- http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1759%2C1899697%2C00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000614 www.eweek.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/642428 US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/blog/?p=71 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427635/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427698/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15780 Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11363 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/excel-flaw-up-for-sale-on-ebay/2005/12/09/1134086783318.html www.theage.com.au
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/10/ebay_pulls_excel_vulnerability_auction/ www.theregister.co.uk
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-073A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0950 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-012 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23537 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7203336538 cgi.ebay.com
- http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=174910198 informationweek.com
- http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-5988086.html news.com.com
- http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5989078.html news.zdnet.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19138 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19238 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/584 securityreason.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/591 securityreason.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015333 securitytracker.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015766 securitytracker.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm support.avaya.com
- http://www.dicks-blog.com/archives/2005/12/08/excel-vulnerability-for-sale/ www.dicks-blog.com
- http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1759%2C1899697%2C00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000614 www.eweek.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/642428 US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/blog/?p=71 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427635/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427698/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15780 Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11363 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/excel-flaw-up-for-sale-on-ebay/2005/12/09/1134086783318.html www.theage.com.au
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/10/ebay_pulls_excel_vulnerability_auction/ www.theregister.co.uk
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-073A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0950 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-012 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23537 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com