CVE-2006-3868

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Published Oct 10, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS 24.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office XP and 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed Smart Tag.

Affected Products

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:office:2003:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 24.8% (24.797% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/22339
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017034
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/807780
http://www.osvdb.org/29430
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20320
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3981
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-062
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A740

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Office

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 6:48 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: Oct 10, 2006, 10:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 6:48 PM
Reserved: Jul 26, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:27 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 10, 2006, 10:07 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:27 PM

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