CVE-2006-6561
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 41.3%EU EUVD
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and Word Viewer 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DOC file that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated via the 12122006-djtest.doc file, a different issue than CVE-2006-5994 and CVE-2006-6456.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 41.3% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6544)
- Published
- December 14, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6544 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / word
- microsoft / word
- microsoft / word
- microsoft / word viewer
- microsoft / works
- microsoft / works
- microsoft / works
References
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=763
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/15/update-on-current-word-vulnerability-reports.aspx
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061212.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017390
- http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/13/HNthirdword_1.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/996892(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/12122006-djtest.doc(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454219/30/0/threaded(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21589(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4997(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30885
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A332
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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