CVE-2006-1306
Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .xls file with a crafted BIFF record with an attacker-controlled array index that is used for a function pointer, aka "Malformed OBJECT record Vulnerability."
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .xls file with a crafted BIFF record with an attacker-controlled array index that is used for a function pointer, aka "Malformed OBJECT record Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 9.24% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- microsoft/excel · microsoft/excel viewer
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 9.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016472
- http://secway.org/advisory/AD20060711.txtVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439884/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18886Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2755Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-037
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A950
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016472
- http://secway.org/advisory/AD20060711.txtVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439884/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18886Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2755Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-037
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A950
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.