Contact | Site en Français               

 


 

Vulnerabilities & Threats

 
  VUPEN Security Advisories
  Linux Security Advisories

  Malware Advisories

  Security Research
  Threat Watch Blog
  Zero-Day Monitor
  Search Engine
  Mailing List & RSS
 
   

>> Microsoft PowerPoint Malformed Record Code Execution Vulnerability (MS06-028)

Title : Microsoft PowerPoint Malformed Record Code Execution Vulnerability (MS06-028)
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-2325
CVE ID : CVE-2006-0022
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-06-13


Technical Description    Receive VUPEN Security alerts in a Text format  Receive VUPEN Security alerts in a PDF format  Receive VUPEN Security alerts in an XML format  Receive VUPEN Security notifications by SMS 

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

Vulnerability Management

Subscribe to VUPEN VNS and receive real-time e-mail and SMS alerts when new advisories or patches relevant to your systems and network configurations are available.

Feedback

If you have additional information or corrections for this security advisory please submit them via our contact form.

 

Vulnerability Alerting

Free 14-Day Trial

 
  Latest News

 

  >> 2009-06-10

     

  VUPEN Security Research
  Discovered Critical Flaws
  in Adobe Acrobat and MS

  Office Word


  >> 2009-06-02

     

  VUPEN Security Research
  Discovered Critical Flaws
  in ACDSee Products


  >> 2009-05-22

     

  VUPEN Discovered Two
  Critical Vulnerabilities in
  Novell GroupWise 8 / 7


  >> 2009-05-12

     

  Microsoft Patched 14
  Office PowerPoint Flaws

 

  >> 2009-04-28

     

  Adobe Reader / Acrobat
  Vulnerabilities
Disclosed

 

 

More Informations    
    








Copyright 2003-2009 © VUPEN.COM - Privacy Policy