CVE-2006-6561 (GCVE-0-2006-6561)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-12-14 18:00
Modified
2024-08-07 20:33
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=763
cve@mitre.org http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/15/update-on-current-word-vulnerability-reports.aspx
cve@mitre.org http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061212.html Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://securitytracker.com/id?1017390
cve@mitre.org http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/13/HNthirdword_1.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/996892 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.org http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.doc Exploit
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454219/30/0/threaded Exploit
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21589 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4997 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30885
cve@mitre.org https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A332
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=763
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/15/update-on-current-word-vulnerability-reports.aspx
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/996892 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.doc Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454219/30/0/threaded Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21589 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4997 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30885
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