Buffer overflow in Microsoft products - CVE-2006-3647

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1203

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2006-3647

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness is due to buffer overflow. By persuading the victim to load and open a specially crafted Word document containing a malformed string, a remote attacker can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system. 

Microsoft Office for macOS
Microsoft Office
Word Viewer

Works Suite

Microsoft Word 2000 - https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CFC85449-4941-4DA5-A919-1DA388054E83
Microsoft Word 2002 - https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5652303E-04B3-4713-AF2E-2C8D2450468D
Microsoft Word 2003 - https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=30C516EB-BD63-4248-A34D-47AF7E9EA55A
Microsoft Office Word 2003 Viewer - https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=EB230319-14A5-4206-A601-CF9DDE89352A
Microsoft Works Suite 2004 - https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5652303E-04B3-4713-AF2E-2C8D2450468D
Microsoft Works Suite 2005 - https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5652303E-04B3-4713-AF2E-2C8D2450468D
Microsoft Works Suite 2006 - https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5652303E-04B3-4713-AF2E-2C8D2450468D
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac - https://www.microsoft.com/mac/
Microsoft Office v. X for Mac - https://www.microsoft.com/mac/

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms06-060.aspx

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word