CVE-2006-6561 (GCVE-0-2006-6561)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-12-14 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:33
VLAI
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and Word Viewer 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DOC file that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated via the 12122006-djtest.doc file, a different issue than CVE-2006-5994 and CVE-2006-6456.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Date Public
2006-12-12 00:00
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