Buffer overflow in Microsoft products - CVE-2006-1301

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Buffer overflow in Microsoft products - CVE-2006-1301

Published: November 15, 2016 / Updated: December 5, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU1177
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1301
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Excel Viewer
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel for macOS
Microsoft Office for macOS
Microsoft Office

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect handling of input data when processing a malformed SELECTION record within Excel file. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted Excel file and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

Note: this vulnerability was being actively exploited.

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