CVE-2006-2492 on CISA KEV

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

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• docs.microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-02…
• oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…
• isc.sans.org — http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1345
• www.osvdb.org — http://www.osvdb.org/25635
• www.microsoft.com — http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/919637.mspx
• oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…
• isc.sans.org — http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1346
• www.us-cert.gov — http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html
• www.vupen.com — http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1872
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18037
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/20153
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26556
• www.kb.cert.org — http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446012
• securitytracker.com — http://securitytracker.com/id?1016130
• oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…
• www.us-cert.gov — http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-139A.html
• blogs.technet.com — http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/05/19/429353.aspx

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
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06Detection

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