CVE Database · CVE-2006-2492
CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
48.39%
Published
May 19, 2006
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Added: 2022-06-08 · Due: 2022-06-22
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Public PoC / Exploit (1)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
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.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (5)
References (20)