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CVE-2006-3590

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3590 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in mso.dll, affecting Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 through 2003. This flaw allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands by crafting a malicious PPT file containing a malformed shape container. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1, indicating a network-based attack with high access complexity, leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While exploited by Trojan.PPDropper.B, there is no public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it lacks significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2002CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2003CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2003CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2003CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
14.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1426 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blogs.securiteam.com
isc.sans.org / diary.php
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-048
secunia.com / advisories/21040
Vendor Advisory
securityresponse.symantec.com / avcenter/venc/data/trojan.ppdropper.b.html
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/27740
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/27781
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A399
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/936945
US Government Resource
osvdb.org / 27324
securityfocus.com / archive/1/440137/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/440255/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/440532/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/18957
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2795
Vendor Advisory