CVE-2006-3875 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 for Mac, v.X for Mac, and Excel Viewer 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted COLINFO record in an XLS file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-2387 and CVE-2006-3867.

Published: 2006-10-10

Score: 5.1 Medium

EPSS: 38.9% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2004::mac_os_x:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:x::mac_os_x:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:2003:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

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.

The EPSS score is 0.38938.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017031
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/252500
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20391
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3978
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-059
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A486

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Excel Excel Viewer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2006-10-10T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:48:39.367Z

Reserved: 2006-07-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3875

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-10-10T22:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-3875

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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