GSD-2006-1540
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.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | * |
Timeline
- Feb 12, 2006 PoC Published
- Mar 30, 2006 CVE Published
- Apr 16, 2026 Security Advisory
References
- 20060710 SYMSA-2006-007: Microsoft Office Malformed String Parsing Vulnerability mailing-list
- 21012 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2006-2756 vdb
- office-string-parse-bo(27607) vdb
- office-property-string-bo(27609) vdb
- 17252 vdb
- 18889 vdb
- TA06-192A third-party-advisory
- 27150 vdb
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:639 vdb
- 1015855 vdb
- MS06-038 advisory
- VU#609868 advisory
- 1615 exploit