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CVE-2006-6561

9.3
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
71.43%
HIGH RiskEPSS (99th percentile)
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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.

Published: 12/14/2006
Modified: 4/23/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

9.3

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

71.43%HIGH Exploitation Risk
99th percentile

This vulnerability has a 71.43% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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