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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 ↗