Microsoft PowerPoint 2000/2002/2003 mso.dll memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000/2002/2003 (Presentation Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function in the library mso.dll. 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.

The weakness was shared 07/14/2006 by Elia Florio as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-3590 since 07/14/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and also a exploit are known.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22190 (MS06-048: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (922968)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110038 (Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS06-048)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27740), Zero-Day.cz (116), Tenable (22190), SecurityFocus (BID 18957†) and OSVDB (27324†). The entries VDB-2378 and VDB-31692 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Highly functional

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Nessus ID: 22190
Nessus Name: MS06-048: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (922968)
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Patch: microsoft.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: microsoft.com
Researcher: Elia Florio
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-3590 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3590
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84364

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X-Force: 27740
SecurityFocus: 18957 - Microsoft Powerpoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 21040 - Microsoft PowerPoint Code Execution Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 27324 - Microsoft PowerPoint mso.dll PPT Processing Arbitrary Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1016496
Vupen: ADV-2006-2795

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 05/08/2016 07:53 PM
Updated: 01/21/2025 04:17 AM
Changes: 05/08/2016 07:53 PM (77), 06/05/2019 01:15 PM (7), 08/03/2022 12:48 AM (2), 07/22/2024 12:51 AM (22), 01/21/2025 04:17 AM (1)
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