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CVE-2006-2492

HIGHCISA KEV

8.8

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 Sp1 and SP2, and Microsoft Works Suites through 2006, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object pointer, as originally reported by ISC on 20060519 for a zero-day attack.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published5/20/2006

Last Modified4/16/2026

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorMicrosoft

ProductWord

Vulnerability NameMicrosoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2022-06-08

Remediation Due Date2022-06-22

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

microsoft:officemicrosoft:works_suite

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-120CWE-120

References

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/05/19/429353.aspx(cret@cert.org)

http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1345(cret@cert.org)

http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1346(cret@cert.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/20153(cret@cert.org)

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016130(cret@cert.org)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446012(cret@cert.org)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/919637.mspx(cret@cert.org)

http://www.osvdb.org/25635(cret@cert.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18037(cret@cert.org)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-139A.html(cret@cert.org)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html(cret@cert.org)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1872(cret@cert.org)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-027(cret@cert.org)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26556(cret@cert.org)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1418(cret@cert.org)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1738(cret@cert.org)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2068(cret@cert.org)

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/05/19/429353.aspx(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1345(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1346(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/20153(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016130(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446012(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/919637.mspx(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.osvdb.org/25635(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18037(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-139A.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1872(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-027(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26556(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1418(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1738(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2068(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2006-2492(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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