Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2006-2492 First vendor Publication 2006-05-19
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2025-02-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 8.8
Base Score 8.8 Environmental Score 8.8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 8.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 2.8
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.6 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 4.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 Sp1 and SP2, and Microsoft Works Suites through 2006, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object pointer, as originally reported by ISC on 20060519 for a zero-day attack.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2492

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1418
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1418
Title: Microsoft Word2003 Malformed Object Pointer Vulnerability
Description: Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 Sp1 and SP2, and Microsoft Works Suites through 2006, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object pointer, as originally reported by ISC on 20060519 for a zero-day attack.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-2492
Version: 3
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Product(s): Microsoft Word
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1738
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1738
Title: Microsoft Word2002 Malformed Object Pointer Vulnerability
Description: Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 Sp1 and SP2, and Microsoft Works Suites through 2006, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object pointer, as originally reported by ISC on 20060519 for a zero-day attack.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-2492
Version: 3
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Product(s): Microsoft Word
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2068
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2068
Title: Microsoft Word2000 Malformed Object Pointer Vulnerability
Description: Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 Sp1 and SP2, and Microsoft Works Suites through 2006, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object pointer, as originally reported by ISC on 20060519 for a zero-day attack.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-2492
Version: 3
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Product(s): Microsoft Word
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 4

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
25635 Microsoft Word Unspecified Code Execution

Microsoft Word contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary code under the security context of the current user. The issue is triggered due to an unspecified error when processing object pointers. It is possible that the flaw may allow arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Word Smart Tags code execution attempt
RuleID : 21677 - Revision : 5 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Word Smart Tags code execution attempt
RuleID : 21676 - Revision : 5 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Word Smart Tags code execution attempt
RuleID : 21675 - Revision : 5 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Word Smart Tags code execution attempt
RuleID : 21674 - Revision : 5 - Type : FILE-OFFICE

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2006-06-13 Name : Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through Microsoft Word.
File : smb_nt_ms06-027.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/05/19/429353.aspx
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1345
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1346
http://secunia.com/advisories/20153
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016130
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446012
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/919637.mspx
http://www.osvdb.org/25635
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18037
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-139A.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1872
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06...
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26556
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
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