CVE-2006-6561

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
71.4%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 1% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: December 14, 2006 (7090 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

microsoft officemicrosoft wordmicrosoft word viewermicrosoft works

References

🔗 blogs.securiteam.com 🔗 blogs.technet.com 🔗 research.eeye.com 🔗 securitytracker.com 🔗 www.infoworld.com