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An attacker who gets a user to open a booby-trapped file can run code on that machine.","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"epss":0.48107,"exploited":true,"exploited_at":"2022-06-08T00:00:00+00:00","products":[{"name":"Microsoft Word","fixed":[],"affected":"","ecosystem":"vendor"},{"name":"microsoft office","fixed":[],"affected":"= 2000","ecosystem":"vendor"},{"name":"microsoft office","fixed":[],"affected":"= 2003","ecosystem":"vendor"},{"name":"microsoft office","fixed":[],"affected":"= xp","ecosystem":"vendor"},{"name":"microsoft works suite","fixed":[],"affected":">= 2000, <= 2006","ecosystem":"vendor"}],"ecosystems":["vendor"],"tags":["exploited","microsoft-office","other","windows"],"not_affected_if":["no-word-or-works-installed"],"how_to_check":"Check whether Microsoft Word or Works Suite is installed and whether it is patched against the update for CVE-2006-2492 (unknown which KB the sources name).","fix":"Apply the Microsoft update for CVE-2006-2492 as CISA requires; the sources do not give the bulletin or version number.","status":"open","published_at":"2006-05-20T00:02:00+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-23T21:12:42+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-23T22:29:04+00:00","category":"other","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-23T21:12:42Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"Apply the Microsoft update for CVE-2006-2492 as CISA requires; the sources do not give the bulletin or version number.\nunknown","reach":"local","impact":"high","summary":"Microsoft Word and Works Suites mishandle a malformed object pointer in a crafted document. 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