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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.

Published

2006-12-14T18:28:00.000

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-noinfo

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://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=763 ([email protected])
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/15/update-on-current-word-vulnerability-reports.aspx ([email protected])
http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061212.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017390 ([email protected])
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/13/HNthirdword_1.html ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/996892 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.doc Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454219/30/0/threaded Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21589 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4997 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30885 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A332 ([email protected])
http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=763 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/15/update-on-current-word-vulnerability-reports.aspx (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061212.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017390 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/13/HNthirdword_1.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/996892 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.doc Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454219/30/0/threaded Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21589 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4997 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30885 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A332 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)