CVE-2006-2388
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code...
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed cell comments, which lead to modification of "critical data offsets" during the rebuilding process.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.3
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed cell comments, which lead to modification of "critical data offsets" during the rebuilding process.
- Record
CVE-2006-2388- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed cell comments, which lead to modification of "critical data offsets" during the rebuilding process.
- Record
CVE-2006-2388- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-2389 No score
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed cell comments, which lead to modification of "critical data offsets" during the rebuilding process.
- Record
EUVD-2006-2389- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q32c-ggqm-f5q7 No score
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code...
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 through 2004 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed cell comments, which lead to modification of "critical data offsets" during the rebuilding process.
- Record
GHSA-q32c-ggqm-f5q7- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2006-2388 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Microsoft Excel, published July 13, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.8%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.