VDB-1668 · SA16256 · GCVE-100-1668

Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Shared Sections denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Shared Sections Handler. The manipulation results in denial of service. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Applying restrictive firewalling is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 (Presentation Software). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Shared Sections Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The weakness was presented 07/29/2005 by Sylvain Roger with Solucom (Website). The advisory is shared for download at secunia.com. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com.It is possible to mitigate the weakness by firewalling . The best possible mitigation is suggested to be applying a restrictive firewalling.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Secunia (SA16256†). See VDB-1664, VDB-1665, VDB-1669 and VDB-1667 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Firewall
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Timelineinfo

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08/02/2005 +4 days 🔍
07/04/2019 +5084 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Sylvain Roger
Organization: Solucom
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1668
Secunia: 16256 - Microsoft Office Insecure Shared Section Permissions, Not Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/02/2005 15:07
Updated: 07/04/2019 06:36
Changes: 08/02/2005 15:07 (47), 07/04/2019 06:36 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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