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Microsoft PowerPoint Code Execution Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia

Microsoft PowerPoint Code Execution Vulnerability  

Secunia Advisory: SA22127  
Release Date: 2006-09-28
 
Critical:
Extremely critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched
 
Software: Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
Microsoft Office X for Mac
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
Microsoft Powerpoint 2003
 
CVE reference: CVE-2006-4694 (Secunia mirror)


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft PowerPoint, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is due to an unspecified error when processing PowerPoint documents containing a malformed string. This can be exploited to corrupt system memory and may allow execution of arbitrary code when a malicious PowerPoint document is opened.

NOTE: This vulnerability is reportedly being exploited in the wild.

Solution:
Do not open untrusted Office documents.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Original Advisory:
Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/925984.mspx

Other References:
US-CERT VU#231204:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/231204

 
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Microsoft PowerPoint Code Execution Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia

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