CVE-2006-2492
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.
ACTIVELY EXPLOITED IN THE WILD
This vulnerability is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Vulnerability
Microsoft Word
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6/8/2022
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2492
Vulnerability Summary
CVSS v3 Score
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2 Score
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)
This vulnerability has a 76.15% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.
CWE Classification
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Same Weakness Type(CWE-120)
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