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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-6561

Original release date:12/14/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST
Static Link: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2006-6561

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:9.3 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#996892
Name: VU#996892
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/996892
External Source: XF
Name: word-pointer-code-execution(30885)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30885
External Source: BID
Name: 21589
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21589
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20061212 Re: Re: The newest Word flaw is due to malformed data structure handling
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454219/30/0/threaded
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.doc
Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.doc
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 2922
Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/2922
External Source: FRSIRT
Name: ADV-2006-4997
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/4997
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1017390
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017390
External Source: MISC
Name: http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061212.html
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061212.html
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 2922
Hyperlink:http://milw0rm.com/exploits/2922
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/15/update-on-current-word-vulnerability-reports.aspx
Hyperlink:http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/15/update-on-current-word-vulnerability-reports.aspx
External Source: MISC
Name: http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=763
Hyperlink:http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=763
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:332
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:332
Type: Tool Signature
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:332

Vulnerable software and versions

Configuration 1
OR
* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3
* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2
* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2004::mac
* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3
* cpe:/a:microsoft:word:2000
* cpe:/a:microsoft:word:2002
* cpe:/a:microsoft:word:2003
* cpe:/a:microsoft:word_viewer:2003
* cpe:/a:microsoft:works:2004
* cpe:/a:microsoft:works:2005
* cpe:/a:microsoft:works:2006
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6561