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    CVE-2006-6561

    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.

    Published:Dec 14, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 14, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.71425
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

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

    Exploits

    http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.dochttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454219/30/0/threadedhttp://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.dochttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454219/30/0/threadedhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2922

    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=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
    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

    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