Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2004/Xp memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2004/Xp. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-0031. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2004/Xp (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow 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 record with a modified length value, which leads to memory corruption.

The bug was discovered 03/14/2006. The weakness was shared 03/14/2006 by Eyas with XFOCUS Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-0031 since 11/30/2005. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4240.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23537), Tenable (21078), SecurityFocus (BID 17101†), OSVDB (23902†) and Secunia (SA19138†). The entries VDB-2083, VDB-2084, VDB-2554 and VDB-29208 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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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
Researcher: Eyas
Organization: XFOCUS Security Team
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CVE: CVE-2006-0031 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0031
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29209

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X-Force: 23537
SecurityFocus: 17101 - Microsoft Excel Malformed Record Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 19138
OSVDB: 23902 - Microsoft Office Excel Malformed Record Arbitrary Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1015766
Vulnerability Center: 10649 - [MS06-012] Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution via Corrupted Excel File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-0950

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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 01/19/2025 19:52
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (80), 06/15/2019 14:37 (10), 01/19/2025 19:52 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:694:103

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