CVE-2006-5994

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

32.01% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 98.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

The NVD has published no score for this record

NVD CVSS vector

No NVD score to derive

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2006-12-06 20:00Z19 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 20:12Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2006-11-21

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

96a00e0c2051749cec415e4d9a3f70e3e9116674309b86d38d408cce276d889b

• www.osvdb.org30824http://www.osvdb.org/30824vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
• www.securityfocus.com20061206 Microsoft 0-day word vulnerability - Secunia - Extremely criticalhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453735/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.securityfocus.com20061208 Microsoft Word 0-day Vulnerability FAQ (CVE-2006-5994) writtenhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453906/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comword-unspecified-code-execution(30738)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30738vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.microsoft.comhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/929433.mspxx_refsource_CONFIRM
• secunia.com23232http://secunia.com/advisories/23232third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.us-cert.govTA07-044Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• blogs.technet.comhttp://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/06/microsoft-security-advisory-929433-posted.aspxx_refsource_CONFIRM
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:238https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A238vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• blogs.securiteam.comhttp://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=759x_refsource_MISC
• www.vupen.comADV-2006-4866http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4866vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• docs.microsoft.comMS07-014https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#167928http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/167928third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• securitytracker.com1017339http://securitytracker.com/id?1017339vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.computerworld.comhttp://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9005698&intsrc=hm_listx_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com21451http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21451vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securityfocus.com20061210 Several updates in Microsoft Word 0-day (CVE-2006-5994) FAQ documenthttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454061/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ