National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-3650

Overview

Microsoft Office 2000, XP, 2003, 2004 for Mac, and v.X for Mac do not properly parse the length of a chart record, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with an embedded malformed chart record that triggers an overwrite of pointer values with values from the document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3434, CVE-2006-3864, and CVE-2006-3868.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#534276

Name: VU#534276

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/534276

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-034.html

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-034.html

External Source: BID

Name: 20383

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20383

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBST02161

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20061010 ZDI-06-034: Microsoft Office Word Malformed Chart Code Execution Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/448151/100/0/threaded

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 29428

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/29428

External Source: MS

Name: MS06-062

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-062.mspx

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-3981

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/3981

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017034

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017034

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22339

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22339

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:222

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:222

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:222