CVE-2006-5994

N/A Unknown
Published: December 06, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=759
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/06/microsoft-security-advisory-929433-posted.aspx
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23232
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017339
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9005698&intsrc=hm_list
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/167928
Source: secure@microsoft.com
US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/929433.mspx
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.osvdb.org/30824
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453735/100/0/threaded
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453906/100/0/threaded
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454061/100/0/threaded
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21451
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html
Source: secure@microsoft.com
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4866
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014
Source: secure@microsoft.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30738
Source: secure@microsoft.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A238
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=759
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/06/microsoft-security-advisory-929433-posted.aspx
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23232
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017339
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9005698&intsrc=hm_list
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/167928
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/929433.mspx
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/30824
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453735/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453906/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454061/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21451
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4866
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30738
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A238
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

34 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
59.6%
98th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

microsoft