Threats / Microsoft / CVE-2006-2492
CVE-2006-2492
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Microsoft Word vulnerability
Microsoft Word contains a malformed object pointer vulnerability allowing remote code execution. The flaw has been exploited in active attacks.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A buffer overflow in Word's object handling enables unauthenticated remote code execution when processing specially crafted documents. Active exploitation in the wild confirms practical attack feasibility.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
2 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-06-08).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.48387 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Microsoft, Word. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Size Check — weakness family: Memory safety.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
Craft a malicious Word document with a malformed object pointer to trigger a buffer overflow.
Business
Users opening untrusted documents face immediate system compromise and data theft.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
Deliver the weaponized document via email or web download to establish initial access.
Business
Enterprise email systems become infection vectors, spreading compromise across organizational networks.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
Execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Word process to establish persistence.
Business
Attackers gain foothold for lateral movement, credential harvesting, and intellectual property exfiltration.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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