CVE-2006-2492

HIGH KEV

Microsoft Office < 2006 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: rule

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.

References (18)

[Broken Link] http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/05/19/429353.aspx

[Exploit] http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1345

[Exploit] http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1346

[Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/20153

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://securitytracker.com/id?1016130

[Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446012

[Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/919637.mspx

[Broken Link] http://www.osvdb.org/25635

[Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18037

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-139A.html

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html

[Broken Link] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1872

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-027

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26556

[Broken Link] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1418

[Broken Link] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1738

[Broken Link] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2068

[Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2006-2492

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.7408

EPSS Percentile 98.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CISA KEV 2022-06-08

VulnCheck KEV 2006-06-13

InTheWild.io 2009-07-31

ENISA EUVD EUVD-2006-2492

CWE

CWE-120

Status published

Products (4)

microsoft/office 2000 sp3

microsoft/office 2003 sp1 (2 CPE variants)

microsoft/office xp sp3

microsoft/works_suite 2000 - 2006

Published May 20, 2006

KEV Added Jun 08, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026