EIP-2026-117482

PRE-CVE

Microsoft Excel 2000/2003 (French) - Hlink Local Buffer Overflow

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-117482. PoCs published by NSRocket.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a functional exploit for a Microsoft Excel 2000/2003 vulnerability (CVE-2006-3059) that leverages a malformed URL string to achieve remote code execution. The exploit includes embedded shellcode that launches 'mspaint.exe' and terminates the Excel process, demonstrating arbitrary code execution.

Description

Microsoft Excel 2000/2003 (French) - Hlink Local Buffer Overflow

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by NSRocket · c++localwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1986

This is a functional exploit for a Microsoft Excel 2000/2003 vulnerability (CVE-2006-3059) that leverages a malformed URL string to achieve remote code execution. The exploit includes embedded shellcode that launches 'mspaint.exe' and terminates the Excel process, demonstrating arbitrary code execution.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Excel 2000 and 2003 on Windows XP SP2 (French)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open the malformed Excel document
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026