CVE-2006-0028

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.

Published: 2006-03-14 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-0028 is rated Moderate Risk (49.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 16.25%, 97th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0028

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 32.35% 16.25% -16.10%
2 2026-04-12 45.10% 32.35% -12.76%
3 2026-02-27 — 45.10% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0028

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0028

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0028

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft excel 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft excel 2002 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft excel 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft excel 2004 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2004:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft excel x cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:x:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2004 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office v.x cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:v.x:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office xp cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0028

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/19138 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19238 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/583
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015766 Patch
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339878 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
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 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0950 Vendor Advisory
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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