Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-3086. PoCs published by kingcope.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit generates a malicious Excel file with an overflow in the URL field, triggering a buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Excel. The PoC uses the Spreadsheet::WriteExcel Perl module to create a file with an excessively long URL string.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the HrShellOpenWithMonikerDisplayName function in Microsoft Hyperlink Object Library (hlink.dll) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long hyperlink, as demonstrated using an Excel worksheet with a long link in Unicode, aka "Hyperlink COM Object Buffer Overflow Vulnerability." NOTE: this is a different issue than CVE-2006-3059.
Exploits (1)
This exploit generates a malicious Excel file with an overflow in the URL field, triggering a buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Excel. The PoC uses the Spreadsheet::WriteExcel Perl module to create a file with an excessively long URL string.