CVE-2006-6561

Exp

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and Word Viewer 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DOC file that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated via the 12122006-djtest.doc file, a different issue than CVE-2006-5994 and CVE-2006-6456.

Published: 2006-12-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6561 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 71.43%, 99th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6561

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2922 exploit_db edb 2006-12-12 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6561

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 2025-11-16 71.02% 71.43% +0.41%
2 2025-08-29 76.50% 71.02% -5.48%
3 2025-08-02 — 76.50% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6561

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6561

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6561

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6561: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6561

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6561

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6561

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