CVE-2006-1306 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2006-1306?

CVE-2006-1306 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 13 Jul 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .xls file with a crafted BIFF record with an attacker-controlled array index that is used for a function pointer, aka "Malformed OBJECT record Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1306?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel Viewer.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1306?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1306 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2006-1306 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1306 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hxvv-cfhj-6j8r.