MEDIUM
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
Published Dec 9, 2005
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 31.11%
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
No data.
OR
- 95
- 97
- 97
- 97
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2003
- 2003
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
31.11% 0.31108
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.31108
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 31.11% (0.31108) | 98.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 31.11% (0.31108) | 98.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 69.09% (0.69088) | 98.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 66.95% (0.66952) | 98.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 68.39% (0.68395) | 98.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 84.02% (0.84019) | 98.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 15, 2024 | 86.66% (0.86655) | 98.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 75.60% (0.75601) | 98.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 61.66% (0.61658) | 97.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 4, 2023 | 60.34% (0.60343) | 97.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2023 | 63.61% (0.63613) | 97.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 66.69% (0.66691) | 97.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 59.51% (0.59512) | 98.90th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 59.51% (0.59512) | 98.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (25)
- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7203336538 x_refsource_MISC
- http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=174910198 x_refsource_MISC
- http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-5988086.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5989078.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19138 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19238 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/584 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/591 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015333 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015766 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.dicks-blog.com/archives/2005/12/08/excel-vulnerability-for-sale/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1759%2C1899697%2C00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000614 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/642428 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/blog/?p=71 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427635/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427698/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15780 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11363 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/excel-flaw-up-for-sale-on-ebay/2005/12/09/1134086783318.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/10/ebay_pulls_excel_vulnerability_auction/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-073A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0950 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-012 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23537 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 9, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 9, 2005
Link CVE-2005-4131
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a