CVE-2006-0030

Exp

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 an Excel file with a malformed graphic, which leads to memory corruption.

Published: 2006-03-14 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-0030 is rated High Exploit Risk (70/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 59.75%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-0030

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27055 exploit_db edb 2006-01-09 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0030

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 2025-03-30 59.50% 59.75% +0.25%
2 2025-03-29 59.75% 59.50% -0.25%
3 2025-03-25 59.75%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0030

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-2006-0030

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0030

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-2006-0030

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/19138 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19238 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015766 Patch
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/123222 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/23901
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16181
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
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-012
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25229
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1401
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1510
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1630
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1666
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