Microsoft Office 2000/2001/2003/2004 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Office 2000/2001/2003/2004. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-2387. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2000/2001/2003/2004 (Office Suite Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 for Mac, v.X for Mac, Excel Viewer 2003, and Microsoft Works Suite 2004 through 2006 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DATETIME record in an XLS file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3867 and CVE-2006-3875.

The bug was discovered 10/10/2006. The weakness was published 10/10/2006 by Manuel Santamarina Suarez as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-2387 since 05/15/2006. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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 2682 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22532 (MS06-059: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (924164)), 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 110045 (Microsoft Excel Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS06-059)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11808.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29243), Tenable (22532), SecurityFocus (BID 20344†), OSVDB (29443†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017031†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2357, VDB-32689 and VDB-32688. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 22532
Nessus Name: MS06-059: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (924164)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Manuel Santamarina Suarez
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-2387 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2387
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32685

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X-Force: 29243
SecurityFocus: 20344 - Microsoft Excel DATETIME Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 29443 - Microsoft Excel DATETIME buffer overflow
SecurityTracker: 1017031
Vulnerability Center: 12878 - [MS06-059] Microsoft Excel Crafted DATETIME Record Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3978

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 04/24/2026 05:29
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (78), 07/09/2019 09:22 (11), 01/24/2025 17:31 (17), 04/24/2026 05:29 (1)
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