CVE-2006-6561

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 41.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-12-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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

Microsoft Office: 2000-sp3, 2003-sp2, 2004, xp-sp3
Microsoft Word for Android: 2000, 2002, 2003
Microsoft Word Viewer: 2003
Microsoft Works: 2004, 2005, 2006

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

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