Microsoft Excel Malformed File Format Parsing Code Execution (MS06-012; CVE-2006-0028)

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application released by the Microsoft Corporation. Its native file format is the Binary Interchange File Format BIFF, which is available in several versions. An Excel file contains information about the various spreadsheets that form an Excel workbook, the data an...

CVE-2006-0028

CVE-2006-0028 is a Microsoft Excel remote code execution vulnerability tied to malformed BIFF parsing format files that can corrupt memory and allow arbitrary code execution. Affected products include Excel 2000, 2002, and 2003 (and Office 2000 SP3 and related packages). Exploitation requires a u...