CVE-2006-1540 describes a critical vulnerability in MSO.DLL affecting Microsoft Office 2000, XP, and 2003, allowing user-assisted attackers to achieve denial of service and arbitrary code execution through crafted documents. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.3 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, proof-of-concept exploit code exists on ExploitDB, demonstrating its exploitability. Despite its age and high severity, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:ja:*:*:*:* | ||
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:ko:*:*:*:* | ||
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:zh:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.