>> Microsoft Word Document Handling Memory Corruption and Code Execution Vulnerability
Title : Microsoft Word Document Handling Memory Corruption and Code Execution Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4866 CVE ID : CVE-2006-5994
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-12-05
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Word, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a memory corruption error when handling a malformed document, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Word document.
Note : This zero-day vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild.
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