Is CVE-2006-6561 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-6561 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-6561?

CVE-2006-6561 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-6561?

CVE-2006-6561 has an EPSS score of 40.20% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-6561

HIGHEPSS 98th pctl

9.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and Word Viewer 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DOC file that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated via the 12122006-djtest.doc file, a different issue than CVE-2006-5994 and CVE-2006-6456.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

40.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.