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CVE-2006-1306
Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .xls file with a crafted BIFF record with…
High9.3EPSS 9.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .xls file with a crafted BIFF record with an attacker-controlled array index that is used for a function pointer, aka "Malformed OBJECT record Vulnerability."
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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)
- 9.2% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (8 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 (7)
- MS06-037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20060712 Microsoft Excel Array Index Error Remote Code Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:950 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1016472 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 18886 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://secway.org/advisory/AD20060711.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2755 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- 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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