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CVE-2006-6561

55
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6561 is an unspecified memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and Word Viewer 2003, allowing user-assisted remote code execution via a specially crafted DOC file. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (Critical), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Proof-of-Concept exploit is available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2003CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2004CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
xpCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
40.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2922 · Dec 12, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4043 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blogs.securiteam.com
blogs.technet.com / msrc/archive/2006/12/15/update-on-current-word-vulnerability-reports.aspx
research.eeye.com / html/alerts/zeroday/20061212.html
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30885
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A332
infoworld.com / article/06/12/13/HNthirdword_1.html
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/996892
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
milw0rm.com / sploits/12122006-djtest.doc
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/454219/30/0/threaded
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/21589
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4997
Vendor Advisory