CVE-2006-2387

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 for Mac, v.X for Mac, Excel Viewer 2003, and Microsoft Works Suite 2004 through 2006 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DATETIME record in an XLS file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3867 and CVE-2006-3875.

Published: 2006-10-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2387 is rated Moderate Risk (55.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 41.23%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +1.38% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2387

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 2026-03-04 39.85% 41.23% +1.38%
2 2025-05-29 39.46% 39.85% +0.39%
3 2025-03-30 39.46%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2387

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-2006-2387

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-2387

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-2387: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-2387

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2387

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft office 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:ja:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:ko:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:zh:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2001 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2001:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2001 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2001:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2001 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2001:*:macos:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2001 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2001:sr1:mac_os:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2004 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office v.x cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:v.x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2387

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