Microsoft PowerPoint malformed record vulnerability

Overview

Microsoft PowerPoint fails to properly handle malformed records. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

Description

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint is presentation software that is available on Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac platforms.

PowerPoint documents

A PowerPoint document is made up of a tree of records. These records can contain data or other records.

The problem

Microsoft PowerPoint fails to properly handle malformed records.

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Impact

By convincing a user to open a PowerPoint document, a remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system with the privileges of the user.

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Solution

Apply an update

This issue is addressed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-028. Note that Windows and Mac versions of PowerPoint are affected.

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Do not open PowerPoint documents from untrusted sources

By only accessing PowerPoint documents from trusted or known sources, the chances of exploitation are reduced.

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Vendor Information

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Updated: June 13, 2006

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Please see Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-028.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23190089 Feedback>).

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References

• <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-028.mspx&gt;
• <http://secunia.com/advisories/20633/&gt;

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Microsoft Security for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Will Dormann.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2006-0022
Severity Metric:	13.67 Date Public: