Vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Basic
CVE-2006-3649
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) SDK 6.0 through 6.4, as used by Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Project 2000 SR1, Project 2002 SP1, Access 2000 Runtime SP3, Visio 2002 SP2, and Works Suite 2004 through 2006, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified document properties that are not verified when VBA is invoked to open documents.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.102 (95.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.102 · newest: 0.102 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Visual Basic — versions 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-047 (vendor-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159484 (US Government Resource, Patch, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21408 (third-party-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html (US Government Resource, Patch, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3214 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19414 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:694 (signature, vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-3649?
- CVE-2006-3649 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Basic. Published 2006-08-09.
- Is CVE-2006-3649 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.