fkie_cve-2006-2492
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2006-05-20 00:02
Modified
2025-10-22 01:15
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 Sp1 and SP2, and Microsoft Works Suites through 2006, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object pointer, as originally reported by ISC on 20060519 for a zero-day attack.
References
cret@cert.orghttp://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/05/19/429353.aspxBroken Link
cret@cert.orghttp://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1345Exploit
cret@cert.orghttp://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1346Exploit
cret@cert.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20153Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1016130Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cret@cert.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446012Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cret@cert.orghttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/919637.mspxBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/25635Broken Link
cret@cert.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18037Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cret@cert.orghttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-139A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cret@cert.orghttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cret@cert.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1872Broken Link
cret@cert.orghttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-027Patch, Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26556Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cret@cert.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1418Broken Link
cret@cert.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1738Broken Link
cret@cert.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2068Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/05/19/429353.aspxBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1345Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1346Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20153Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1016130Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446012Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/919637.mspxBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/25635Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18037Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-139A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1872Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-027Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26556Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1418Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1738Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2068Broken Link
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2006-2492
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft office 2000
microsoft office 2003
microsoft office 2003
microsoft office xp
microsoft works_suite *


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  "cisaExploitAdd": "2022-06-08",
  "cisaRequiredAction": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
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