CVE-2006-3876

Unspecified vulnerability in PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2000, Office 2002, Office 2003, Office 2004 for Mac, and Office v.X for Mac allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Data record in a PPT file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3435 and CVE-2006-4694.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3876 is rated High Risk (69/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 36.54%, 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-2006-3876

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 2025-09-05 38.65% 36.54% -2.11%
2 2025-05-29 38.26% 38.65% +0.39%
3 2025-03-30 38.26%

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3876

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-2006-3876

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-3876

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-3876: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-3876

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3876

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:*:*:*:*:mac_os:*:*
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_os:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3876

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