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CVE-2006-2492
n/a n/a — Microsoft Word
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N R U H H H 8.8 .4811 98.8 YES
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
n/a n/a – —
TIMELINE
May 19 Reserved by certcc
May 20 Published (CNA: certcc)
Jun 8 Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-06-22
Description
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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| May 19, 2006 | Reserved | Reserved by certcc |
| May 20, 2006 | Published | Published (CNA: certcc) |
| June 8, 2022 | KEV ADDED | Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-06-22 |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| n/a | n/a | — | n/a | — |
References (18)
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/05/19/429353.aspx [x_refsource_MISC]
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1345 [x_refsource_MISC]
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1346 [x_refsource_MISC]
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20153 [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA]
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016130 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK]
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446012 [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN]
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/919637.mspx [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
- http://www.osvdb.org/25635 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB]
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18037 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID]
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-139A.html [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT]
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT]
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1872 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN]
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-027 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS]
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26556 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF]
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1418 [vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL]
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1738 [vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL]
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2068 [vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL]
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2006-2492 [government-resource]
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