CVE•Published 2006-06-22•Modified 2026-09-23•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2006-3014Microsoft · Excel
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
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EPSS percentile
98
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 2% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Microsoft Excel allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary javascript and redirect users to arbitrary sites via an Excel spreadsheet with an embedded Shockwave Flash Player ActiveX Object, which is automatically executed when the user opens the spreadsheet.
Timeline
Published 2006-06-22
Modified 2026-09-23
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2006-3014Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Microsoft Excel"All exposed Microsoft Excel instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Excel"HTTP body or banner mentions "Excel" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2006-3014Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2006-3014Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2006-3014Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2006-3014GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2006-3014" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.