Vulnerability in Microsoft Office
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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.322 (98.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.314 · newest: 0.322 · change: +0.007
Affected products
- Microsoft Office — versions 2000, 2003, 2004
- Microsoft Word — versions 2000, 2002, 2003
- Microsoft Word Viewer — versions 2003
- Microsoft Works — versions 2004, 2005, 2006
References
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0215.html (mailing-list)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:746 (signature, vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_vul27249.htm (Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/23205 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- isc.sans.org/diary.php (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454069/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21518 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454093/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0435 (vdb-entry)