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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5994 is rated High Risk (68.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 59.65%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-08-29 | 62.82% | 59.65% | -3.17% |
| 2 | 2025-07-25 | 62.48% | 62.82% | +0.34% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 62.48% | — |
Full EPSS history (17 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2006-5994: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5994 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | office | 2000 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | office | 2003 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | office | 2004 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | office | xp | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | word | 2000 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | word | 2002 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | word | 2003 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | word_viewer | 2003 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | works | 2004 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | works | 2005 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | works | 2006 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |