Microsoft Excel up to XP code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Microsoft Excel 2000/2002/2003/2004/XP. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-1301. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Excel 2000/2002/2003/2004/XP (Spreadsheet Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. 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. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .xls file with a crafted SELECTION record that triggers memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1302.

The weakness was released 07/13/2006 by posidron as MS06-037 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-1301 since 03/20/2006. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

It is declared as attacked. 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. 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 the patch MS06-037 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4522.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27542), Zero-Day.cz (115), Tenable (22025), SecurityFocus (BID 18853†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016472†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-2324, VDB-29423, VDB-31318 and VDB-31317. Once again VulDB remains the best source for 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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Patch: MS06-037
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS06-037
Researcher: posidron
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-1301 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1301
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31316

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X-Force: 27542
SecurityFocus: 18853 - Microsoft Excel Selection Record Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1016472 - Microsoft Excel Errors in Processing Various Malformed Records Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 12225 - [MS06-037] Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution via Malformed SELECTION Record, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-2755

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 07/22/2024 04:59
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (70), 05/04/2019 19:00 (15), 07/12/2021 16:39 (3), 07/22/2024 04:59 (23)
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