Microsoft Word 2000/2002 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Word 2000/2002. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-3651. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Word 2000/2002 (Word Processing Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and Office 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mail merge file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3647 and CVE-2006-4693.

The bug was discovered 10/10/2006. The weakness was disclosed 10/10/2006 by Cu Fang as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-3651 since 07/17/2006. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22539 (MS06-058 / MS06-059 / MS06-0060 / MS06-062: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Allow Remote Code Execution (924163 / 924164 / 924554 / 922581) (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110046 (Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS06-060)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29224), Tenable (22539), SecurityFocus (BID 20358†), OSVDB (29441†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017032†). The entries VDB-2357, VDB-2508, VDB-2571 and VDB-2595 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 22539
Nessus Name: MS06-058 / MS06-059 / MS06-0060 / MS06-062: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Allow Remote Code Execution (924163 / 924164 / 924554 / 922581) (Mac OS X)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Cu Fang
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-3651 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3651
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32687

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X-Force: 29224
SecurityFocus: 20358 - Microsoft Word Mail Merge Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 29441 - CVE-2006-3651 - MS06-060 - Microsoft - Office - Code Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1017032
Vulnerability Center: 12882 - [MS06-060] Microsoft Word Crafted Mail Merge File Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3979

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 04/24/2026 05:29
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (73), 07/09/2019 09:30 (11), 01/25/2025 16:29 (16), 04/24/2026 05:29 (1)
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