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>> Microsoft PowerPoint Command Execution Vulnerabilities (MS08-051)
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Microsoft Office PowerPoint, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system. These issues are caused by memory allocation, calculation, and corruption errors when processing malformed picture indexes or list values in a PowerPoint file, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious PPT file.
Affected Products
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3
2007 Microsoft Office System
2007 Microsoft Office System Service Pack 1
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2003
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 1
Microsoft Office for Mac
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
Solution
Apply patches :
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-051.mspx
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2355
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-051.mspx
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by Ruben Santamarta (Reversemode), iDefense Labs, and ADLab (Venustech).
ChangeLog
2008-08-12 : Initial release
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