CVE-2006-3868 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Score: 5.1 Medium

EPSS: 54.5% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.54494.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/22339
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017034
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/807780
http://www.osvdb.org/29430
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20320
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3981
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-062
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A740

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Office

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2006-10-10T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:48:39.423Z

Reserved: 2006-07-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3868

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-10-10T22:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-3868

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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