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CVE-2006-3449

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3449 describes an unspecified vulnerability, likely a buffer overflow, in Microsoft PowerPoint versions 2000 through 2003. This flaw allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by exploiting a malformed record within a PPT file's BIFF format. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2000:*:*:ja:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2000:*:*:ko:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2000:*:*:zh:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2000:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
42.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4278 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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/2006/ms06-048
securityreason.com / securityalert/1342
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
secway.org / advisory/AD20060808.txt
Not Applicable
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A348
Third Party Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/884252
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / archive/1/442592/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/19341
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource