CVE-2006-6561
57Vexday Risk Score
Prioritize patching. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck and has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Actepss 40%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDDec 14
1st PoCDec 12
VulnCheck+61d
exploitation probability
40%top 1% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
1 public exploit(s)
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.
Affected products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 1✓ VexDay Proof
exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/2922⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=763http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/15/update-on-current-word-vulnerability-reports.aspxhttp://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061212.htmlhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1017390https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30885https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A332http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/13/HNthirdword_1.htmlhttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/996892http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.dochttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454219/30/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21589http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4997