National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-5994

Overview

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.

Impact

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#167928

Name: VU#167928

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/167928

US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-044A

Name: TA07-044A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html

External Source: XF

Name: word-unspecified-code-execution(30738)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30738

External Source: BID

Name: 21451

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21451

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20061210 Several updates in Microsoft Word 0-day (CVE-2006-5994) FAQ document

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/454061/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20061208 Microsoft Word 0-day Vulnerability FAQ (CVE-2006-5994) written

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/453906/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20061206 Microsoft 0-day word vulnerability - Secunia - Extremely critical

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/453735/100/0/threaded

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 30824

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/30824

External Source: MS

Name: MS07-014

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-014.mspx

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/929433.mspx

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/929433.mspx

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-4866

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/4866

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9005698&intsrc=hm_list

Hyperlink:http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9005698&intsrc=hm_list

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017339

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017339

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23232

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23232

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/06/microsoft-security-advisory-929433-posted.aspx

Hyperlink:http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/06/microsoft-security-advisory-929433-posted.aspx

External Source: MISC

Name: http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=759

Hyperlink:http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=759

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:238

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:238

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:238