Buffer overflow in Microsoft products - CVE-2006-3651

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1204

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2006-3651

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Microsoft

Affected software:
Word Viewer
Microsoft Office

Works Suite

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

The weakness is due to a boundary error. By persuading the victim to load and open a Word document containing a specially crafted mail merge file, a remote attacker can execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in compromise of vulnerable system.

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

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