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CVE-2005-4131

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, and 2003, in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and other packages, allo

Unspecified 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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.69088
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 1% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules5 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

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microsoft excelall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
dosMicrosoft Excel 95/97/2000/2002/2003/2004 - Malformed Range Memory Corruptionverified
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighPython Function Execution Security Warning Disabled In Excel
producthighPotential Excel.EXE DCOM Lateral Movement Via ActivateMicrosoftApp
producthighPotential Persistence Via Excel Add-in - Registry
producthighPython Function Execution Security Warning Disabled In Excel - Registry
productmediumMicrosoft Excel Add-In Loaded From Uncommon Location
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Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD09 Dec 2005 · 11:03 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7203336538
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=174910198
http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-5988086.html
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5989078.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19138Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19238Vendor Advisory
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