Microsoft PowerPoint 95/97 Slide Show privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft PowerPoint 95/97. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Slide Show Handler. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-1474. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft PowerPoint 95/97 (Presentation Software). This affects an unknown code block of the component Slide Show Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

PowerPoint 95 and 97 allows remote attackers to cause an application to be run automatically without prompting the user, possibly through the slide show, when the document is opened in browsers such as Internet Explorer.

The weakness was published 12/31/1999 as not defined advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-1474. The exploitability is told to be easy. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2000 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (179) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-666†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PowerPoint 2000

Timelineinfo

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06/23/2014 +4173 days 🔍
04/20/2026 +4319 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-1999-1474 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1474
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15195
X-Force: 179
Vulnerability Center: 666 - PowerPoint 95 and 97 Allow Remote Attackers to Run Applications, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 06/23/2014 13:09
Updated: 04/20/2026 06:51
Changes: 06/23/2014 13:09 (57), 06/05/2019 13:14 (1), 04/20/2026 06:51 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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