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CVE-2006-1301

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1301 is a critical vulnerability affecting Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2004, where a specially crafted .xls file can lead to arbitrary code execution due to memory corruption in the SELECTION record. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.3, indicating high severity with a network-based attack vector requiring medium complexity, and resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high risk score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:sr1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2002CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
9.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0982 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 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/2006/ms06-037
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A557
securityfocus.com / bid/18853
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2755
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