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critical 9.3

CVE-2006-6561 in the critical feed json

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and Word Viewer 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary cod…

published 2006-12-14 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-6544

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
41.3%
EPSS 41.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-2922)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

41.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-2922 Microsoft Word Document - Malformed Pointer (PoC) dos, 2006-12-12
  • milw0rm.com http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.doc referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454219/30/0/threaded referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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

Sources

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