Exploitation Summary
CVE-2006-6456 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).
Description
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.
References (21)
Core 21
Core References
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0215.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A746
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017579
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_vul27249.htm
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23205
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1925
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454069/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21518
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454093/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0435
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/30825
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30806
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_141056.htm
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0199.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/166700
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4920
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454072/100/0/threaded
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/10/new-report-of-a-word-zero-day.aspx
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017358
Scores
EPSS
0.3145
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2007-02-13
Status
published
Products (11)
microsoft/office
2000 sp3
microsoft/office
2003 sp2
microsoft/office
2004
microsoft/office
xp sp3
microsoft/word
2000
microsoft/word
2002
microsoft/word
2003
microsoft/word_viewer
2003
microsoft/works
2004
microsoft/works
2005
... and 1 more
Published
Dec 11, 2006
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026