CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-3651

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An 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. This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3647 and CVE-2006-4693.

Risk Assessment

Opening a malicious mail merge file by a user could lead to system compromise and execution of arbitrary code in the context of the logged-in user.

Recommendation

Update Microsoft Word and Office 2003 to the latest version containing security fixes and avoid opening mail merge files from untrusted sources.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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