CVE-2006-5994 in the critical feed json
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000 and 2002, Office Word and Word Viewer 2003, Word 2004 and 2004 v.
published 2006-12-06 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-5977
- cvss
- 9.3
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 33.7%
- EPSS 33.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction
33.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
References
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docs.microsoft.com
/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014
vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/23232
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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vupen.com
/english/advisories/2006/4866
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory
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osvdb.org
/30824
vdb-entry
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securityfocus.com
/archive/1/453735/100/0/threaded
mailing-list
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securityfocus.com
/archive/1/453906/100/0/threaded
mailing-list
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/30738
vdb-entry
- microsoft.com /technet/security/advisory/929433.mspx
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us-cert.gov
/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
- blogs.technet.com /msrc/archive/2006/12/06/microsoft-security-advisory-929433-posted.aspx
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oval.cisecurity.org
/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A238
vdb-entry, signature
- blogs.securiteam.com /?p=759
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kb.cert.org
/vuls/id/167928
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
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securitytracker.com
/id?1017339
vdb-entry
- computerworld.com /action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9005698&intsrc=hm_list
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securityfocus.com
/bid/21451
vdb-entry
-
securityfocus.com
/archive/1/454061/100/0/threaded
mailing-list
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2006-5994
- NVD CVE-2006-5994
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