CVE-2005-4131
mediumpriority · attend · 48EPSS 0.311 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-26769Microsoft Excel 95/97/2000/2002/2003/2004 - Malformed Range Memory Corruptionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (6)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (50)
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- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7203336538enisa_euvd
- http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=174910198enisa_euvd
- http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-5988086.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5989078.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19138enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19238enisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/584enisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/591enisa_euvd
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