CVE-2006-6561

Public Exploit

Description

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.

9.3

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 76.28% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory eeye.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21589	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/15/update-on-current-word-vulnerability-reports.aspx
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017390	vdb entry
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/13/HNthirdword_1.html
http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.doc	exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454219/30/0/threaded	mailing list exploit
http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061212.html	vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/996892	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4997	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=763
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30885	vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A332	vdb entry signature

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-6561?: CVE-2006-6561 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-6561?: To fix CVE-2006-6561, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-6561 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-6561 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~76% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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