CVE-2006-6561

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and Word Viewer 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DOC file that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated via the 12122006-djtest.doc file, a different issue than CVE-2006-5994 and CVE-2006-6456.

Score

CVSS 2.0 9.3 Critical

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2006-12-14

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Office (Microsoft)
• Word (Microsoft)
• Word Viewer (Microsoft)
• Works (Microsoft)

References

• http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=763
• http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/15/update-on-current-word-vulnerability-reports.aspx
• http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061212.html
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017390
• http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/13/HNthirdword_1.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/996892
• http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.doc
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454219/30/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21589
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4997
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30885
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A332