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CVE-2006-6456

40
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6456 describes an unspecified memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and 2003, and Word Viewer 2003, allowing remote code execution through malformed data structures. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this critical vulnerability has a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

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
31.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3145 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0199.html
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0215.html
blogs.technet.com / msrc/archive/2006/12/10/new-report-of-a-word-zero-day.aspx
Vendor Advisory
isc.sans.org / diary.php
Vendor Advisory
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-014
secunia.com / advisories/23205
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30806
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A746
vil.mcafeesecurity.com / vil/content/v_141056.htm
Vendor Advisory
vil.mcafeesecurity.com / vil/content/v_vul27249.htm
Vendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/166700
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
osvdb.org / 30825
securityfocus.com / archive/1/454069/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/454072/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/454093/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21518
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4920
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/0435