5.1 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.381 Low
EPSS
Percentile
97.2%
Microsoft PowerPoint contains a vulnerability that may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
Microsoft PowerPoint contains a vulnerability that could be exploited when PowerPoint opens a specially crafted document. According to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-048, "The vulnerability is caused when PowerPoint opens a specially crafted PowerPoint file and parses a malformed shape. This vulnerability affects both Windows and Mac versions of PowerPoint.
By convincing a user to open a specially crafted PowerPoint document, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running PowerPoint. If the user is logged in with administrative privileges, the attacker could take complete control of a vulnerable system. Depending on the version and patch level of PowerPoint, this vulnerability may cause PowerPoint to crash.
Apply an update
This vulnerability is addressed by the updates documented in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-048.
Do not open untrusted PowerPoint documents
Do not open unfamiliar or unexpected PowerPoint or other Office documents, particularly those hosted on web sites or delivered as email attachments. Please see Cyber Security Tip ST04-010.
Do not rely on file name extension filtering
In most cases, Windows will call PowerPoint to open a document even if the document has an unknown file extension. For example, if presentation.qwer
contains the correct file header information, Windows will open presentation.qwer
with PowerPoint. Filtering for common extensions (e.g., .ppt, .pot, and .pps) will not detect all PowerPoint documents. Additionally, a PowerPoint file with no file extension will also open with the PowerPoint application.
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Updated: October 05, 2006
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Please see Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-048.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23936945 Feedback>).
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Microsoft credits Elia Florio of Symantec, Dejun Meng of the Fortinet Security Research Team, and Shih-hao Weng of Information & Communication Security Technology Center for reporting the Microsoft PowerPoint Mso.dll Vulnerability.
This document was written by Will Dormann.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-3590 |
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Severity Metric: | 22.49 Date Public: |
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