CVE-2005-4131

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 31.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: 95, 97, 97-sr1, 97-sr2, 2000, 2000-sp2 (+8)

References

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/19138
http://secunia.com/advisories/19238
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/584
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/591
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015333
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015766
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm
http://www.dicks-blog.com/archives/2005/12/08/excel-vulnerability-for-sale/

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