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CVE-2006-6456

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and 2003 and Word Viewer 2003 allows remote attackers to execute code via unspecified vectors related to malformed data structures that trigger memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5994.

Published

2006-12-11T17:28:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	office	2000	Yes
Application	microsoft	office	2003	Yes
Application	microsoft	office	2004	Yes
Application	microsoft	office	xp	Yes
Application	microsoft	word	2000	Yes
Application	microsoft	word	2002	Yes
Application	microsoft	word	2003	Yes
Application	microsoft	word_viewer	2003	Yes
Application	microsoft	works	2004	Yes
Application	microsoft	works	2005	Yes
Application	microsoft	works	2006	Yes

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0199.html ([email protected])
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0215.html ([email protected])
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/10/new-report-of-a-word-zero-day.aspx Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1925 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/23205 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017358 ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017579 ([email protected])
http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_141056.htm Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_vul27249.htm Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/166700 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/30825 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454069/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454072/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454093/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21518 ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4920 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0435 ([email protected])
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30806 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A746 ([email protected])
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0199.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0215.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/10/new-report-of-a-word-zero-day.aspx Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1925 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23205 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017358 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017579 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_141056.htm Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_vul27249.htm Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/166700 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/30825 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454069/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454072/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454093/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21518 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4920 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0435 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30806 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A746 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)