MEDIUM
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office XP and 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed Smart Tag
Published Oct 10, 2006
5.1
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 24.80%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office XP and 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed Smart Tag.
Affected products
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.
24.80% 0.24797
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.24797
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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 24.80% (0.24797) | 97.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 24.37% (0.24367) | 97.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 23.28% (0.23281) | 97.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 54.11% (0.54114) | 97.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 65.64% (0.65644) | 97.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 54.11% (0.54114) | 97.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 29, 2025 | 93.51% (0.93506) | 99.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 86.69% (0.86692) | 98.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 30, 2024 | 71.63% (0.71629) | 98.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 14, 2024 | 65.77% (0.65770) | 97.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 14, 2023 | 69.34% (0.69343) | 97.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 7, 2023 | 71.46% (0.71462) | 97.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 22, 2023 | 67.00% (0.66995) | 97.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 14, 2023 | 62.20% (0.62197) | 97.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 54.60% (0.54597) | 97.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22339 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017034 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/807780 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/29430 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20320 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3981 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-062 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A740 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22339 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017034 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/807780 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/29430 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20320 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3981 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-062 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A740 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Oct 10, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 26, 2006
Link CVE-2006-3868
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a