National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-6456

Overview

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and 2003 and Word Viewer 2003 allows remote attackers to execute code via unspecified vectors related to malformed data structures that trigger memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5994.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#166700

Name: VU#166700

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/166700

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-unspec-code-execution(30806)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30806

External Source: BID

Name: 21518

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21518

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20061211 The newest Word flaw is due to malformed data structure handling

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/454093/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20061210 Re: Another, different MS Word 0-day vulnerability reported

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/454072/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20061210 Another, different MS Word 0-day vulnerability reported

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/454069/100/0/threaded

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 30825

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/30825

External Source: MS

Name: MS07-014

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

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-4920

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/4920

External Source: MISC

Name: http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_vul27249.htm

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_vul27249.htm

External Source: MISC

Name: http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_141056.htm

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_141056.htm

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017579

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017579

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017358

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017358

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23205

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23205

External Source: MISC

Name: http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1925

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1925

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/10/new-report-of-a-word-zero-day.aspx

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/10/new-report-of-a-word-zero-day.aspx

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20061211 The newest Word flaw is due to malformed data structure handling

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0215.html

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20061210 Another, different MS Word 0-day vulnerability reported

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0199.html

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:746

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:746

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:746