CVE-2006-3864

Unspecified vulnerability in mso.dll in Microsoft Office 2000, XP, and 2003, and Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, XP, and 2003, allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed record in a (1) .DOC, (2) .PPT, or (3) .XLS file that triggers memory corruption, related to an "array boundary condition" (possibly an array index overflow), a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3434, CVE-2006-3650, and CVE-2006-3868.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3864 is rated High Risk (71.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 45.71%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3864

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 2025-05-29 45.31% 45.71% +0.40%
2 2025-03-30 62.30% 45.31% -16.99%
3 2025-03-29 62.30%

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3864

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-3864

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-3864

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-3864: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-3864

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3864

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft project 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:2000:sr1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft project 2002 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:2002:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visio 2002 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visio:2002:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3864

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