CVE-2005-4131

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-4131
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-09 11:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified 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 range, which could lead to memory corruption involving an argument to the msvcrt.memmove function, aka "Brand new Microsoft Excel Vulnerability," as originally placed for sale on eBay as item number 7203336538.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Excel 2000 All All All
Application Microsoft Excel 2000 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Excel 2000 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Excel 2000 sr1 All All
Application Microsoft Excel 2002 All All All
Application Microsoft Excel 2002 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Excel 2002 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Excel 2002 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Excel 2003 All All All
Application Microsoft Excel 2003 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Excel 95 All All All
Application Microsoft Excel 97 All All All
Application Microsoft Excel 97 sr1 All All
Application Microsoft Excel 97 sr2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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SecurityReason af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.osvdb.org/blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
eBay halts auction of Excel flaw | Tech News on ZDNet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 news.zdnet.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityReason af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Page not found | eWEEK af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.eweek.com
Microsoft Excel Malformed Range Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Zero-day Excel flaw for sale on eBay - Breaking - Technology - theage.com.au af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.theage.com.au
InformationWeek | Online Auctions, Security | Hacker Tries To Sell Excel Flaw On EBay | December 9, 2005 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 informationweek.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Microsoft Excel Unspecified Stack Overflow May Let Remote Users Cause Arbitrary Code to Be Executed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cgi.ebay.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
1. Overview: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Microsoft Office and Excel Buffer Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
eBay pulls vulnerability auction af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-012 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
news.com.com/2061-10789_3-5988086.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 news.com.com
Microsoft Office Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
eBay pulls Excel vulnerability auction | The Register af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.theregister.co.uk
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#642428 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-073A -- Microsoft Office and Excel Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Avaya Modular Messaging Windows Privilege Escalation Security Issues - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Daily Dose of Excel » Blog Archive » Excel Vulnerability For Sale af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.dicks-blog.com
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