CVE-2006-7037 describes a security bypass vulnerability in Mathcad versions 12 through 13.1, affecting products from Mathsoft and Microsoft. Local attackers can directly manipulate the XML representation of Mathcad worksheets to bypass password protection, alter timestamps, remove locks, and view plaintext locked data. With a CVSS score of 4.4 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability requires local access and medium attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mathsoft:mathcad:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mathsoft:mathcad:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mathsoft:mathcad:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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