Microsoft PowerPoint powerpnt.exe unspecified vulnerability
| powerpoint-powerpnt-unspecified (27783) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
An unspecified vulnerability regarding the powerpnt.exe file in Microsoft PowerPoint has an unknown impact. It may be possible for a remote attacker to exploit this vulnerability to execute code or cause a denial of service by persuading a victim to open a malicious PowerPoint presentation (.ppt) either by sending the malicious file to a victim as an email attachment or hosting it on a Web site.
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft, PowerPoint 2003
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Jul 15 2006 - 03:15:08 CDT, MS Power Point Multiple Vulnerabilities (powerpnt.exe)- POC at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0207.html.
- BID-18993: Microsoft Powerpoint Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-3660: Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 has unknown impact and user-assisted attack vectors related to powerpnt.exe. NOTE: due to the lack of available details as of 20060717, it is unclear how this is related to CVE-2006-3655, CVE-2006-3656, and CVE-2006-3590, although it is possible that they are all different.
- SA21061: Microsoft PowerPoint Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2815: Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation Handling Multiple Memory Corruption and DoS Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jul 15, 2006
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