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CVE-2006-5994 Detail

Current Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000 and 2002, Office Word and Word Viewer 2003, Word 2004 and 2004 v. X for Mac, and Works 2004, 2005, and 2006 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a malformed string that triggers memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-6456.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=759
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/06/microsoft-security-advisory-929433-posted.aspx
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017339
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9005698&intsrc=hm_list
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/167928 US Government Resource 
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/929433.mspx
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453735/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453906/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454061/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21451
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4866 Vendor Advisory 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30738
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A238

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5994
NVD Published Date:
12/06/2006
NVD Last Modified:
10/17/2018
Source:
Microsoft Corporation