01 Record
CVE-2006-6456
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and 2003 and Word Viewer 2003 allows remote attackers to execute code via unspecified vectors related to malformed data structures that trigger
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and 2003 and Word Viewer 2003 allows remote attackers to execute code via unspecified vectors related to malformed data structures that trigger
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 32.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.2% 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-12-11 17:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 20:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-12-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- 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
- 76b05cb91b0f59aaeb3dfc8e6ae64da881f6c685efd7548787b43f2d6cba145c
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- archives.neohapsis.com20061211 The newest Word flaw is due to malformed data structure handlinghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0215.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:746https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A746
- securitytracker.com1017579http://securitytracker.com/id?1017579
- vil.mcafeesecurity.comhttp://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_vul27249.htm
- secunia.com23205http://secunia.com/advisories/23205
- isc.sans.orghttp://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1925
- www.securityfocus.com20061210 Another, different MS Word 0-day vulnerability reportedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454069/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com21518http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21518
- www.securityfocus.com20061211 The newest Word flaw is due to malformed data structure handlinghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454093/100/0/threaded
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-0435http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0435
- www.osvdb.org30825http://www.osvdb.org/30825
- www.us-cert.govTA07-044Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comword-unspec-code-execution(30806)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30806
- vil.mcafeesecurity.comhttp://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_141056.htm
- archives.neohapsis.com20061210 Another, different MS Word 0-day vulnerability reportedhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0199.html
- docs.microsoft.comMS07-014https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#166700http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/166700
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4920http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4920
- www.securityfocus.com20061210 Re: Another, different MS Word 0-day vulnerability reportedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454072/100/0/threaded
- blogs.technet.comhttp://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/10/new-report-of-a-word-zero-day.aspx
- securitytracker.com1017358http://securitytracker.com/id?1017358