CVE-2006-0029 describes an unspecified memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, and 2003, as well as Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and other related packages. This flaw allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted Excel file containing a malformed description. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector and high access complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While the FAUCET Risk Score is high at 89/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2002CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2003CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2004CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2004:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:* | ||
xCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:x:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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