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CVE-2006-0002

44
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0002 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook versions 2000-2003 and various Microsoft Exchange Server versions. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted email containing a Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) MIME attachment, stemming from improper message length validation. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high FAUCET Risk Score of 94/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:5.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:5.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:5.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
45.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4558 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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/ms06-003
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18368
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/330
Third Party Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/331
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/22878
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1082
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1165
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1316
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1456
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1485
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A624
Third Party Advisory
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-004.htm
Third Party Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/252146
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / archive/1/421518/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/421520/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/16197
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-010A.html
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0119
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