CVE-2006-2389
Code Injection: Is CVE-2006-2389 real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community verdict.
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Moderate signals. Triage by your actual exposure and reachability.
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Low signal — verdict needed
Few public signals point to active risk. Whether a scanner hit here is a true or false positive depends on your version and config — community verdicts decide.
Based on CVSS · FIRST EPSS
Confirm or dispute →AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2003 SP1 and SP2, Office XP SP3, Office 2000 SP3, and other products, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Office file with a malformed property that triggers memory corruption related to record lengths, aka "Microsoft Office Property Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1316.
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A working public exploit is published for this, so the barrier to attack is low. FIRST EPSS estimates about a 39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, which is high relative to most CVEs. Patch this on priority and confirm the fix holds.
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