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CVE-2006-2388
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed cell comments, which lead…
High9.3EPSS 10.8%
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- microsoft
Description
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed cell comments, which lead to modification of "critical data offsets" during the rebuilding process.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.8% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- MS06-037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 1016472 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 18938 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060711 ZDI-06-022: Microsoft Office Excel File Rebuilding Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2755 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:234 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-022.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- excel-cell-rebuilding-code-execution(27604) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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