Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft PowerPoint, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a memory corruption error when processing a specially crafted PowerPoint file using a malformed record, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands by convincing a user to open a malicious Office file.

Affected Products

Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 for Mac
Microsoft Office v. X for Mac
Microsoft PowerPoint v. X for Mac

Solution

Apply patches :
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS06-028.mspx

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2325
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS06-028.mspx

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Nicolas Ruff, Fabrice Desclaux, Kostya Kortchinsky, Elia Florio, and Dejun Meng.

ChangeLog

2006-06-13 : Initial release

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