Microsoft PowerPoint 2000/2002/2003 Document Parser memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000/2002/2003. This affects an unknown part of the component Document Parser. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2006-3590. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available. It is best to exchange the affected component with an alternative.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000/2002/2003 (Presentation Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Document Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

mso.dll, as used by Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 through 2003, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed shape container in a PPT file that leads to memory corruption, as exploited by Trojan.PPDropper.B, a different issue than CVE-2006-1540 and CVE-2006-3493.

The weakness was presented 07/14/2006 by Juha-Matti Laurio as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-3590 since 07/14/2006. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

After 1 days, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as attacked. 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 windowsupdate.microsoft.com. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be establishing an alternative product. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4551.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27781), Zero-Day.cz (116), Tenable (22190), SecurityFocus (BID 18957†) and OSVDB (27327†). See VDB-2382, VDB-31692 and VDB-84364 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Juha-Matti Laurio
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-3590 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3590
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2378

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X-Force: 27781 - Microsoft PowerPoint unspecified mso.dll code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 18957 - Microsoft Powerpoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 21040 - Microsoft PowerPoint Code Execution Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 27327 - Microsoft PowerPoint PPT File Closure Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1016496 - Microsoft PowerPoint 'mso.dll' Buffer Overflow May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 12269 - [MS06-048] Microsoft PowerPoint Memory Corruption in mso.dll, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-2795

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/17/2006 15:41
Updated: 01/21/2025 04:17
Changes: 07/17/2006 15:41 (93), 06/05/2019 13:12 (12), 03/13/2021 09:39 (2), 07/22/2024 00:25 (22), 01/21/2025 04:17 (5)
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