CVE-2006-5994
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CVE-2006-5994 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000 and 2002, Office Word and Word Viewer 2003, Word 2004 and 2004 v. X for Mac, and Works 2004, 2005, and 2006 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a malformed string that triggers memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-6456.. EPSS estimates a 31.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000 and 2002, Office Word and Word Viewer 2003, Word 2004 and 2004 v. X for Mac, and Works 2004, 2005, and 2006 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a malformed string that triggers memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-6456.
Metrics
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Office | 2000 | Sp3 |
| Microsoft | Office | 2003 | Sp2 |
| Microsoft | Office | 2004 | — |
| Microsoft | Office | xp | Sp3 |
| Microsoft | Word | 2000 | — |
| Microsoft | Word | 2002 | — |
| Microsoft | Word | 2003 | — |
| Microsoft | Word Viewer | 2003 | — |
| Microsoft | Works | 2004 | — |
| Microsoft | Works | 2005 | — |
| Microsoft | Works | 2006 | — |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23232Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/167928US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4866Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23232Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/167928US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4866Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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