Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-3493. PoCs published by naveed afzal.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit generates a malformed .DOC file that triggers an unchecked boundary condition in Microsoft Office's mso.dll, leading to an access violation. The PoC demonstrates the vulnerability but does not include a payload for arbitrary code execution.
Description
Buffer overflow in LsCreateLine function (mso_203) in mso.dll and mso9.dll, as used by Microsoft Word and possibly other products in Microsoft Office 2003, 2002, and 2000, allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Word DOC or other Office file type. NOTE: this issue was originally reported to allow code execution, but on 20060710 Microsoft stated that code execution is not possible, and the original researcher agrees.
Exploits (1)
This exploit generates a malformed .DOC file that triggers an unchecked boundary condition in Microsoft Office's mso.dll, leading to an access violation. The PoC demonstrates the vulnerability but does not include a payload for arbitrary code execution.