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Critical
CVE-2006-6561
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and Word Viewer...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21589
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/15/update-on-current-word-vulnerability-reports.aspx
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017390
- http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/13/HNthirdword_1.html
- http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.doc
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454219/30/0/threaded
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061212.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/996892
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4997
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=763
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30885
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A332
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
office, word, word viewer, works
Vulnerable Versions:
2000, 2003, 2004, xp, 2002, 2005, 2006
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 14th, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.