CVE-2006-5574

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 24.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-01-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Checker in Microsoft Office 2003 and the Multilingual Interface for Office 2003, Project 2003, and Visio 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted text that is not properly parsed.

Affected products

Microsoft Office: 2003-sp2
Microsoft Office Multilingual User Interface Pack: 2003-sp2
Microsoft Office Proofing Tools: 2003-sp2
Microsoft Project Multilingual User Interface Pack: 2003-sp2
Microsoft Visio: 2003-sp2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/23671
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017486
http://www.osvdb.org/31251
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457274/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21942
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0102
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-001
http://secunia.com/advisories/23671
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017486
http://www.osvdb.org/31251
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457274/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21942

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