HIGH
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 through 2003, possibly a buffer overflow, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed record in the BIFF file format used in a PPT file, a different issue than CVE-2006-1540, aka "Microsoft PowerPoint Malformed Record Vulnerability."
Published Aug 9, 2006
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 42.78%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 through 2003, possibly a buffer overflow, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed record in the BIFF file format used in a PPT file, a different issue than CVE-2006-1540, aka "Microsoft PowerPoint Malformed Record Vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2003
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
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.
42.78% 0.42779
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.42779
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 (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 42.78% (0.42779) | 98.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 7, 2026 | 42.78% (0.42779) | 98.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 41.67% (0.41668) | 98.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 7, 2026 | 16.00% (0.15998) | 94.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 23.12% (0.23119) | 95.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.21% (0.01205) | 85.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 1.79% (0.01789) | 88.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 14, 2024 | 2.11% (0.02115) | 88.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2023 | 2.77% (0.02770) | 89.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2023 | 1.62% (0.01622) | 85.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 5, 2023 | 1.07% (0.01075) | 82.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 28, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 85.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.12% (0.01116) | 82.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 20.65% (0.20648) | 96.51th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 20.65% (0.20648) | 96.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 20.65% (0.20648) | 94.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1342 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONThird Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016657 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://secway.org/advisory/AD20060808.txt x_refsource_MISCNot Applicable
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/884252 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442592/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19341 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-048 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A348 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1342 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONThird Party Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1016657 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://secway.org/advisory/AD20060808.txt | x_refsource_MISCNot Applicable | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/884252 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442592/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19341 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-048 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A348 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Aug 9, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 7, 2006
Link CVE-2006-3449
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a