Microsoft Security
…attempts to exploit the vulnerability CVE-2006-6456, addressed by Microsoft…
CVE-2006-6456 EPSS 32.2%
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and 2003 and Word Viewer 2003 allows remote attackers to…
Summary
The flaw is an unspecified memory corruption vulnerability triggered by malformed data structures, affecting Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and 2003 and Word Viewer 2003. An attacker who can get a crafted document to a target can execute code remotely.
Official description · CVE.org
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.
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59.2 / 100
- Exploited
- Yes, in VulnCheck KEV
- Reports
- 1
- Tactics
- 0/15
Exploitation timelineDated milestones for a CVE: when it was disclosed, when exploit code became public, when exploitation was confirmed, and when threat reports named it.
First seen exploited 2 months after disclosure.
- Disclosedday 0
- First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence+2 mo
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No techniques linkedNo ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.
What security researchers reported
Named in 1 threat report1 reportMicrosoft
Reports are matched by finding the exact id CVE-2006-6456 in their text; nobody has reviewed the match. One passage is shown per report, at most 320 characters, linked to the original.
Also mentioned in 1 community threat pulse (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.