CVE-2006-6561 - CVE Reference - Advisories

CVE Reference: CVE-2006-6561

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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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30885 ST 1017390 OVAL http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:332 MISC http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.doc http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061212.html http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/13/HNthirdword_1.html http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=763 MILW0RM http://milw0rm.com/exploits/2922 CONFIRM http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/15/update-on-current-word-vulnerability-reports.aspx CERT-VN 996892 BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454219/30/0/threaded BID 21589

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