CVEs / CVE-2006-6561
CVE-2006-6561: n/a n/a vulnerability
- high 9.3 CVSS 2.0 (NVD)
- EPSS 43.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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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 and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
Exploitation
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 10 Nov 2026.
Severity
| CVSS 2.0 | 9.3 highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CScored by NVD |
|---|
References
- CVE-2006-6561 on NVD
- 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 Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017390
- http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/13/HNthirdword_1.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/996892 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.doc Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454219/30/0/threaded Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21589 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4997 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30885
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A332
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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