PT-2006-7065 · Microsoft · Office Word+1

Shih-Hao Weng · Published 2006-12-11 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2006-6456

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Word versions 2000 through 2003 Microsoft Word Viewer version 2003

Description The issue is related to a remote code execution vulnerability in the way Microsoft Word handles Word files with a specially crafted data structure. This could allow attackers to execute code via malformed data structures that trigger memory corruption. A specially crafted file might be included as an e-mail attachment or hosted on a malicious Web site, and an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing such a file.

Recommendations For Microsoft Word versions 2000 through 2003, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. For Microsoft Word Viewer version 2003, consider avoiding the use of this version until a patch or update is available that addresses the vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the opening of Word files from untrusted sources to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-6456

Affected Products

Office Word

Word Viewer

References · 30

• http://secunia.com/advisories/23205 · Vendor Advisory
• http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1925 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6456 · Security Note
• http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_vul27249.htm · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_141056.htm · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6456 · Security Note
• http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/10/new-report-of-a-word-zero-day.aspx · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4920 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/454069/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A746 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0215.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/454093/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30806 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017358 · Note