CVE-2006-5994: microsoft office
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2006-5994 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in microsoft office. EPSS estimates a 32.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 06-12-2006PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
32.01%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
98%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 32.01% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Microsoft4 products
- office2000:sp3 | 2003:sp2 | 2004 | xp:sp3
- word2000 | 2002 | 2003
- word_viewer2003
- works2004 | 2005 | 2006
1 vendor · 4 products
References
17 links
www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/929433.mspxX Refsource CONFIRM- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTUS Government Resource
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A238VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- blogs.securiteam.com?p=759X Refsource MISC
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- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MS