MEDIUM
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, and 2003, in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed description, which leads to memory corruption
Published Mar 14, 2006
5.1
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 14.63%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, and 2003, in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed description, which leads to memory corruption.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2000
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- x
- 2000
- 2003
- 2003
- 2004
- v.x
- xp
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.1 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
14.63% 0.14633
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.14633
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 14.63% (0.14633) | 96.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 14.63% (0.14633) | 96.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 12, 2026 | 25.36% (0.25365) | 96.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 10, 2025 | 34.04% (0.34042) | 96.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 40.43% (0.40426) | 97.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 48.06% (0.48062) | 96.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 25, 2025 | 40.43% (0.40426) | 97.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 46.98% (0.46985) | 97.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 18, 2025 | 84.29% (0.84292) | 98.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 85.71% (0.85708) | 98.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 70.63% (0.70626) | 98.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 2, 2024 | 75.75% (0.75752) | 97.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 18, 2023 | 71.42% (0.71423) | 97.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 7, 2023 | 70.33% (0.70334) | 97.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 74.25% (0.74248) | 97.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 23.11% (0.23108) | 96.67th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 23.11% (0.23108) | 96.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 23.11% (0.23108) | 94.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (16)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19138 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19238 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/585 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/586 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015766 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/235774 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/23900 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-073A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0950 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-012 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25227 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1522 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1570 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1579 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1633 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Mar 14, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 30, 2005
Link CVE-2006-0029
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a