Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 (Presentation Software). It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint document, aka "PowerPoint Viewer TextBytesAtom Record Stack Overflow Vulnerability."

The weakness was released 02/10/2010 with Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-0033 since 12/14/2009. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/02/2021).

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44414 (MS10-004: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (975416)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110109 (Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS10-004)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9438.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (55888) and Tenable (44414). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 4082, 51810, 51809 and 51808.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 44414
Nessus Name: MS10-004: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (975416)
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OpenVAS ID: 902114
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (975416)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/powerpoint_viewer_textbytesatom
Saint Name: Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer TextBytesAtom Record Buffer Overflow

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MetaSploit ID: ms10_004_textbytesatom.rb
MetaSploit Name: MS10-004 Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer TextBytesAtom Stack Buffer Overflow
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-0033 (🔍)
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X-Force: 55888
SecurityTracker: 1023563 - Microsoft PowerPoint Buffer Overflows and Memory Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 24803 - [MS10-004] Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer TextBytesAtom Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Critical
SecurityFocus: 38107 - Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer TextBytesAtom Record Stack Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 09/02/2021 08:22
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (77), 06/05/2019 13:15 (17), 09/02/2021 08:22 (2)
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