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.
EPSS: 0.404 (98.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
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.