Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office for macOS - CVE-2006-4693

 

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office for macOS - CVE-2006-4693

Published: December 5, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU1205
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-2006-4693
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Microsoft Office for macOS

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The weakness is due to buffer overflow. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability when Word for Mac parses a specially crafted file that contains a malformed string.

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

How to mitigate CVE-2006-4693

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac - https://www.microsoft.com/mac/
Microsoft Office v. X for Mac - https://www.microsoft.com/mac/


Sources