9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2006-5994
Microsoft Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000 and 2002, Office Word and Word Viewer 2003, Word 2004 and 2004 v. X for Mac, and Works 2004, 2005, and 2006 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a malformed string that triggers memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-6456.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 6, 2006, 8:28 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 17, 2018, 9:46 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-5994 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft office
2 Microsoft word
3 Microsoft word_viewer
4 Microsoft works
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 4
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2006-5994.

URL Resource
http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=759
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/06/microsoft-security-advisory-929433-posted.aspx
http://secunia.com/advisories/23232 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017339
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9005698&intsrc=hm_list
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/167928 US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/929433.mspx
http://www.osvdb.org/30824
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453735/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453906/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454061/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21451
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4866 Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30738
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A238

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-5994 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-5994 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/454061/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/453906/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/453735/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454061/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453906/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453735/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-014.mspx [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:238 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A238 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30738 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30738 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 06, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-5994 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-5994 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

83.75 }} 13.71%

score

0.98541

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
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