Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2004/Xp memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2004/Xp and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-0030. In addition, an exploit is available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2004/Xp (Office Suite Software). Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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 graphic, which leads to memory corruption.

The bug was discovered 03/14/2006. The weakness was presented 03/14/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-0030 since 11/30/2005. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2472 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21078 (MS06-012: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (905413)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90303 (Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS06-012)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25342), Tenable (21078), SecurityFocus (BID 16181†), OSVDB (23901†) and Secunia (SA19138†). See VDB-2083, VDB-2084, VDB-2554 and VDB-29209 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 21078
Nessus Name: MS06-012: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (905413)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-0030 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0030
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29208

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X-Force: 25342
SecurityFocus: 16181 - Microsoft Excel Malformed Graphic File Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 19138
OSVDB: 23901 - Microsoft Office Excel Malformed Graphic Arbitrary Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1015766
Vulnerability Center: 10653 - [MS06-012] Microsoft Excel Memory Corruption via Excel File w/ Malformed Graphic, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-0950

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 01/04/2025 21:57
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (79), 06/15/2019 14:57 (11), 01/04/2025 21:57 (17)
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