Microsoft Excel up to XP code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Excel 2000/2002/2003/2004/XP. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2006-2388. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Excel 2000/2002/2003/2004/XP (Spreadsheet Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Office Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed cell comments, which lead to modification of "critical data offsets" during the rebuilding process.

The weakness was presented 07/13/2006 by Arnaud Dovi (TippingPoint) with Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2388 since 05/15/2006. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22025 (MS06-037 / MS06-038: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel and Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (917284 / 917285) (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110034 (Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS06-037)).

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 (27604), Tenable (22025), SecurityFocus (BID 18938†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016472†). See VDB-2324, VDB-29423, VDB-31318 and VDB-31317 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 22025
Nessus Name: MS06-037 / MS06-038: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel and Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (917284 / 917285) (Mac OS X)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Arnaud Dovi (TippingPoint)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-2388 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2388
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31313

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X-Force: 27604 - Microsoft Excel cell rebuilding code execution
SecurityFocus: 18938 - Microsoft Excel File Rebuilding Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1016472
Vupen: ADV-2006-2755

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Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 05/04/2019 19:00
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (67), 05/04/2019 19:00 (9)
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