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CVE-2006-0028

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 a BIFF parsing format file containing malformed BOOLERR records that lead to memory corruption, probably involving invalid pointers.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1 EPSS 0.32347
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 3% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Sigma rules13 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

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microsoft excelall versions
microsoft officeall versions
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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
producthighSuspicious Microsoft Office Child Process - MacOS
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Scoring & Timeline

5.1
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secure@microsoft.com
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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:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD14 Mar 2006 · 11:02 PM
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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://secunia.com/advisories/19138PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19238Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/583
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015766Patch
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339878Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
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