CVE-2006-3059
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2004 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 41.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2004 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this is a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3086.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Excel - Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1944local, windowspublished 22 Jun 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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)
- 41.1% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References17
- VU#802324 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20060618 Microsoft Excel 0-day Vulnerability FAQ document written (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MS06-037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:537 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- excel-unspecified-code-execution(27179) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=451 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 26527 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20686 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- TA06-167A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1420 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1016316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/06/16/436174.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2755 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 18422 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060621 Excel 0-day FAQ updated with Microsoft advisory information (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- TA06-192A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2361 (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)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-3056 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-3059)Record last updated .