CVE-2006-2492
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.8 · Buffer overflow · actively exploited (CISA KEV)
8.8CVSS HIGH exploited
Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities).
Added to KEV 2022-06-08. US federal agencies must patch by 2022-06-22.
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)48%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://secunia.com/advisories/20153 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20153Patch
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/919637.mspxPatch
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/05/19/429353.aspx
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016130Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446012Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/25635
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1345Exploit
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1346Exploit