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CVE-2006-3435

41
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3435 is a critical vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office PowerPoint versions 2000, XP, 2003, and Mac editions (2004, v.X). It allows remote, user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting data within the slide notes field, leading to an erroneous object pointer calculation. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring user interaction but allowing complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2003CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
36.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3634 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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/ms06-058
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A476
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/187028
US Government Resource
osvdb.org / 29446
securityfocus.com / archive/1/448149/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/20304
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3977
Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-06-032.html