CVE-2006-6561 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 41.3% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 41.27% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-12-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (4)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | office |
| microsoft | word |
| microsoft | word viewer |
| microsoft | works |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Word Document - Malformed Pointer (PoC) | 2006-12-12 |
References
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=763
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/15/update-on-current-word-vulnerability-reports.aspx
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061212.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017390
- http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/13/HNthirdword_1.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/996892
- http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.doc
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454219/30/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21589
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4997
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30885
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A332
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=763
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/15/update-on-current-word-vulnerability-reports.aspx
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061212.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017390
- http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/13/HNthirdword_1.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/996892
- http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.doc
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454219/30/0/threaded
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