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CVE-2005-4131
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
Modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD-CWE-noinfo
CVSS Metrics
Affected Products (14)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | excel | 95 |
| microsoft | excel | 97 |
| microsoft | excel | 97 |
| microsoft | excel | 97 |
| microsoft | excel | 2000 |
| microsoft | excel | 2000 |
| microsoft | excel | 2000 |
| microsoft | excel | 2000 |
| microsoft | excel | 2002 |
| microsoft | excel | 2002 |
| microsoft | excel | 2002 |
| microsoft | excel | 2002 |
| microsoft | excel | 2003 |
| microsoft | excel | 2003 |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-hm75-8hcq-5577
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, and 2003, in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3...
References (50)
- 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 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19238 Vendor Advisory
- 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/
- http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1759%2C1899697%2C00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000614
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/642428 US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/blog/?p=71
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
6.8 / 10
EPSS Score
31.11%
Top 2% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
36.5 / 100
Data Sources
NVD
EPSS
GitHub