CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2005-1683
LOWEPSS 96th pctl2.6
CVSS v2
Description
Buffer overflow in winword.exe 10.2627.6714 and earlier in Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, before SP3 for Word 2002, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted mcw file.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
14.62%probability of exploitation in 30 days
96thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
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