THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-0558
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CVE-2005-0558

Word vulnerability

CVSS
5.1
EPSS
15.2%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word 2000, Word 2002, and Word 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Word
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2005-05-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 15.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-0558

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Word is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-0558.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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