CVE-2006-3868

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office XP and 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed Smart Tag.

Published: 2006-10-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-3868 is rated Moderate Risk (49.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 23.28%, 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-2006-3868

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 54.49% 23.28% -31.21%
2 2025-05-29 54.11% 54.49% +0.38%
3 2025-03-30 — 54.11% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3868

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-2006-3868

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-3868

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-3868: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-3868

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3868

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft office 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office xp cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3868

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