Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 (Presentation Software). It has been declared as very critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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

The weakness was disclosed 02/10/2010 by Cody Pierce with Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-0034 since 12/14/2009. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/02/2021).

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 9439.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (55889), Tenable (44414), SecurityFocus (BID 38108†), SecurityTracker (ID 1023563†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24804†). The entries VDB-4082, VDB-51810, VDB-51809 and VDB-51808 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
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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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

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

CVE: CVE-2010-0034 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0034
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51802

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X-Force: 55889
SecurityFocus: 38108 - Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer TextCharsAtom Record Stack Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1023563 - Microsoft PowerPoint Buffer Overflows and Memory Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 24804 - [MS10-004] Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer TextCharsAtom Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Critical

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Created: 03/18/2015 03:15 PM
Updated: 09/02/2021 08:25 AM
Changes: 03/18/2015 03:15 PM (70), 06/05/2019 01:15 PM (15), 09/02/2021 08:25 AM (2)
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