CVE-2005-4131
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, and 2003, in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and other packages, allows user-assisted…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 31.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Excel 95/97/2000/2002/2003/2004 - Malformed Range Memory Corruption (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26769dos, windowspublished 8 Dec 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 31.1% · top 1.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- excel-msvcrt-memmove-bo(23537) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7203336538 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 15780 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1759%2C1899697%2C00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000614 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 584 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=174910198 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0950 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5989078.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/excel-flaw-up-for-sale-on-ebay/2005/12/09/1134086783318.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 591 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 19238 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/10/ebay_pulls_excel_vulnerability_auction/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- TA06-073A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 19138 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.osvdb.org/blog/?p=71 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1015333 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20060314 High Risk Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.dicks-blog.com/archives/2005/12/08/excel-vulnerability-for-sale/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1015766 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- VU#642428 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20060315 [HV-HIGH] Microsoft Excel Named Range Arbitrary Code Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11363 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-5988086.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MS06-012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-4126 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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