CVE-2006-1540
Microsoft Office Denial of Service and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description
MSO.DLL in Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP (2002), and Office 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service and execute arbitrary code via multiple attack vectors, as originally demonstrated using a crafted document record with a malformed string, as demonstrated by replacing a certain "01 00 00 00" byte sequence with an "FF FF FF FF" byte sequence, possibly causing an invalid array index, in (1) an Excel .xls document, which triggers an access violation in ole32.dll; (2) an Excel .xlw document, which triggers an access violation in excel.exe; (3) a Word document, which triggers an access violation in mso.dll in winword.exe; and (4) a PowerPoint document, which triggers an access violation in powerpnt.txt. NOTE: after the initial disclosure, this issue was demonstrated by triggering an integer overflow using an inconsistent size for a Unicode "Sheet Name" string.
INFO
Published Date :
March 30, 2006, 11:02 a.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 18, 2018, 4:33 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 18, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/439697/100/0/threaded [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439697/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 12, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-038.mspx [Patch, Vendor Advisory] Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-038 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 21, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1015855 Exploit http://securitytracker.com/id?1015855 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-038.mspx No Types Assigned http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-038.mspx Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1615 No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1615 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-192A.html US Government Resource http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-192A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18889 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18889 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/21012 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/21012 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/609868 US Government Resource http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/609868 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17252 Exploit http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17252 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/439697/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/439697/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.osvdb.org/27150 No Types Assigned http://www.osvdb.org/27150 Broken Link Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27609 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27609 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27607 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27607 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A639 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A639 Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:chinese:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:japanese:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:korean:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:*:student_teacher:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:v.x:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:ja:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:ko:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:zh:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:*:*:*:student_teacher:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:*:*:*:mac_os_x:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:v.x:*:*:*:*:mac_os_x:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/1615 [Exploit] Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:639 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource] Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1615 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A639 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/27607 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/27609 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27609 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27607 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 31, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-1540
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
58.06 }} 12.55%
score
0.97767
percentile