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CVE-2006-1311

40
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1311 describes a critical memory corruption vulnerability within the RichEdit component of various Microsoft Windows and Office products. This flaw allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted RTF file containing a malformed OLE object. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:learning_essentials:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:learning_essentials:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:learning_essentials:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
31.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3110 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-013
secunia.com / advisories/24152
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30592
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1090
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/368132
US Government Resource
osvdb.org / 31886
securityfocus.com / bid/21876
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/0582