CVE-2006-3653

Works vulnerability

CVSS

2.6

EPSS

14.9%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

wksss.exe 8.4.702.0 in Microsoft Works Spreadsheet 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via crafted (1) Works, (2) Excel, and (3) Lotus 1-2-3 files.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Works

CVSS vector

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

Published

2006-07-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 14.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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