CVE-2006-0028
MEDIUMEPSS 97th pctlDescription
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, and 2003, in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BIFF parsing format file containing malformed BOOLERR records that lead to memory corruption, probably involving invalid pointers.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19138
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19238
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/583
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015766
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339878
- http://www.osvdb.org/23899
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427632/100/0/threaded
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-073A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0950
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-004.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-012
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25225
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1158
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1411
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1509
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1635
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.