CVE-2006-3014
Microsoft Excel allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary javascript and redirect users to arbitrary sites via an Excel spreadsheet with an embedded Shockwave Flash Player ActiveX Object, which is automatically executed when the user opens the…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 30.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft Excel allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary javascript and redirect users to arbitrary sites via an Excel spreadsheet with an embedded Shockwave Flash Player ActiveX Object, which is automatically executed when the user opens the spreadsheet.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 30.10% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 22 June 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- microsoft/excel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 30.1% 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.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-06/0414.htmlExploit
- http://hackingspirits.com/vuln-rnd/vuln-rnd.htmlExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21865Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22882Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016344
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-11.html
- http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5TP0M0KIUA.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18583Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19980Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3573Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3577Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4507Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-069
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27312
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A538
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-06/0414.htmlExploit
- http://hackingspirits.com/vuln-rnd/vuln-rnd.htmlExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21865Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22882Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016344
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-11.html
- http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5TP0M0KIUA.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18583Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19980Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3573Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3577Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4507Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-069
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.