Vulnerability in Microsoft Office
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 · 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: 0.413 (98.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.404 · newest: 0.413 · change: +0.008
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
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21589 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/15/update-on-current-word-vulnerability-…
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/13/HNthirdword_1.html
- www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.doc (Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454219/30/0/threaded (mailing-list, Exploit)
- research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061212.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/996892 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4997 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- blogs.securiteam.com/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-6561?
- CVE-2006-6561 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Office. Published 2006-12-14.
- Is CVE-2006-6561 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.