CVE-2006-3655
Unspecified vulnerability in mso.dll in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 20.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in mso.dll in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint file. NOTE: due to the lack of available details as of 20060717, it is unclear how this is related to CVE-2006-3656, CVE-2006-3660, and CVE-2006-3590, although it is possible that they are all different.
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.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 - 'mso.dll' '.PPT' Processing Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28224remote, windowspublished 14 Jul 2006Verified
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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 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 20.9% · top 2.4% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- 21061 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060718 About the latest three Powerpoint vulnerabilities: exploitable? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 27325 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2815 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- powerpoint-mso-code-execution2(27781) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060717 New CVE identifiers for separate PowerPoint 0-day issues assigned (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 18993 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060715 MS Power Point Multiple Vulnerabilities - (mso.dll) POC (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2006-3650 (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-2006-3655)Record last updated .