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CVE-2006-2492

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 Sp1 and SP2, and Microsoft Works Suites through 2006, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object pointer, as originally reported by ISC on 20060519 for a zero-day attack.

Published

2006-05-20T00:02:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-120
Type: Secondary
CWE-120

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	office	2000	Yes
Application	microsoft	office	2003	Yes
Application	microsoft	office	2003	Yes
Application	microsoft	office	xp	Yes
Application	microsoft	works_suite	≤ 2006	Yes

References

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/05/19/429353.aspx Broken Link ([email protected])
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1345 Exploit ([email protected])
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1346 Exploit ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20153 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016130 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446012 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/919637.mspx Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/25635 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18037 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-139A.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1872 Broken Link ([email protected])
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-027 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26556 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1418 Broken Link ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1738 Broken Link ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2068 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/05/19/429353.aspx Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1345 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1346 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20153 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016130 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446012 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/919637.mspx Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/25635 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18037 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-139A.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1872 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-027 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26556 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1418 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1738 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2068 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)