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CVE-2006-2389

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2389 is an unspecified memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office 2000, XP, and 2003, allowing user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted Office file. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it presents a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, medium complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2003CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2003CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp: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
38.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-28198 · Jul 11, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3884 is in the 96th 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/ms06-038
secunia.com / advisories/21012
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/27609
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A279
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/409316
US Government Resource
osvdb.org / 27149
securityfocus.com / bid/18911
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-192A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2756
Vendor Advisory