Microsoft PowerPoint 2000/2002/2003/2004 PPT Document memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000/2002/2003/2004. This impacts an unknown function of the component PPT Document Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2006-0022. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000/2002/2003/2004 (Presentation Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component PPT Document Handler. 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:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP1 and SP2, Office 2004 for Mac, and v. X for Mac allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint document with a malformed record, which triggers memory corruption.

The weakness was presented 06/13/2006 by Nicolas Ruff, Elia Florio and Dejun Meng with Symantec (Website). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-0022 since 11/30/2005. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21724 (MS06-028: Vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (916768) (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90315 (Vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS06-028)).

Applying the patch MS06-028 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4451.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26784), Tenable (21724), SecurityFocus (BID 18382†), OSVDB (26435†) and Secunia (SA20633†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 21724
Nessus Name: MS06-028: Vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (916768) (Mac OS X)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: microsoft.com
Researcher: Nicolas Ruff, Elia Florio, Dejun Meng
Organization: Symantec
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-0022 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0022
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2308

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X-Force: 26784 - Microsoft Powerpoint record buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 18382 - Microsoft PowerPoint Malformed Record Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 20633 - Microsoft PowerPoint Malformed Record Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 26435 - Microsoft PowerPoint Malformed Record Arbitrary Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1016287 - Microsoft PowerPoint Buffer Overflow in Processing Malformed Records Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 11921 - [MS06-028] Microsoft PowerPoint Code Execution via Document with Malformed Record, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-2325

Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2006 13:13
Updated: 06/25/2025 03:50
Changes: 06/19/2006 13:13 (87), 12/09/2016 09:19 (11), 03/13/2021 08:15 (2), 01/04/2025 21:48 (15), 06/25/2025 03:50 (2)
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