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CVE-2006-1540 Detail

Description

MSO.DLL in Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP (2002), and Office 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service and execute arbitrary code via multiple attack vectors, as originally demonstrated using a crafted document record with a malformed string, as demonstrated by replacing a certain "01 00 00 00" byte sequence with an "FF FF FF FF" byte sequence, possibly causing an invalid array index, in (1) an Excel .xls document, which triggers an access violation in ole32.dll; (2) an Excel .xlw document, which triggers an access violation in excel.exe; (3) a Word document, which triggers an access violation in mso.dll in winword.exe; and (4) a PowerPoint document, which triggers an access violation in powerpnt.txt. NOTE: after the initial disclosure, this issue was demonstrated by triggering an integer overflow using an inconsistent size for a Unicode "Sheet Name" string.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015855 Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/609868 Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439697/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17252 Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18889 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-192A.html Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2756 Vendor Advisory 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-038
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27607 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27609 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A639 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1615 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-1540
NVD Published Date:
03/30/2006
NVD Last Modified:
10/18/2018
Source:
MITRE