{"id":"CVE-2006-1306","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2006-1306","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:21.338Z","title":"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.\"","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.\"","published":"2006-07-13T21:05:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:22:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-94"],"affected":["microsoft/excel","microsoft/excel viewer"],"epss":{"score":0.09244,"percentile":0.95318,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1016472","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://secway.org/advisory/AD20060711.txt","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439884/100/0/threaded","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18886","tags":["Patch"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2755","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-037","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A950","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1016472","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secway.org/advisory/AD20060711.txt","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439884/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18886","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2755","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-037","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A950","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1306","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}