Unscored severity · published Dec 6, 2006
CVE-2006-5994
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000 and 2002, Office Word and Word Viewer 2003, Word 2004 and 2004 v
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CVSS
32%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000 and 2002, Office Word and Word Viewer 2003, Word 2004 and 2004 v. X for Mac, and Works 2004, 2005, and 2006 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a malformed string that triggers memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-6456.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)32.0% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OF
Office · Microsoft
2000; 2003; 2004; xp · source: NVD
WO
Word · Microsoft
2000; 2002; 2003 · source: NVD
WV
Word Viewer · Microsoft
2003 · source: NVD
WO
Works · Microsoft
2004; 2005; 2006 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5994
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5994
blogs.securiteam.com
http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=759
blogs.technet.com
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/06/microsoft-security-advisory-929433-posted.aspx
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23232
securitytracker.com
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017339
www.computerworld.com
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9005698&intsrc=hm_list
US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/167928
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