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    CVE-2006-5994

    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.

    Published:Dec 6, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 6, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.59649
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Office
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Word
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Word Viewer
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Works

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=759
    http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/06/microsoft-security-advisory-929433-posted.aspx
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23232
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017339
    http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9005698&intsrc=hm_list
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/167928
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/929433.mspx
    http://www.osvdb.org/30824
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453735/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453906/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454061/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21451
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4866
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30738
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A238
    http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=759
    http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/06/microsoft-security-advisory-929433-posted.aspx
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23232
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017339
    http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9005698&intsrc=hm_list
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/167928
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/929433.mspx
    http://www.osvdb.org/30824
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453735/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453906/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454061/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21451
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4866
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30738
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A238

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High