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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1205

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-2006-4693

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. 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. 

Microsoft Office for macOS

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