Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003. This issue affects some unknown processing. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-3656. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 (Presentation Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to cause memory corruption via a crafted PowerPoint file, which triggers the corruption when the file is closed. NOTE: due to the lack of available details as of 20060717, it is unclear how this is related to CVE-2006-3655, CVE-2006-3660, and CVE-2006-3590, although it is possible that they are all different.

The weakness was shared 07/18/2006 by naveed (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-3656 since 07/17/2006. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9170.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27782), SecurityFocus (BID 19229†), Secunia (SA21061†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-40995†). The entries VDB-2382 and VDB-31358 are related to this item. 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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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: naveed
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-3656 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3656
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31354
X-Force: 27782
SecurityFocus: 19229 - Microsoft PowerPoint Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 21061 - Microsoft PowerPoint Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 40995 - Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Remote Code Execution via Crafted PowerPoint File (CVE-2006-3656), Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-2815

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

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 05/08/2017 09:08
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (62), 05/08/2017 09:08 (11)
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Cache ID: 216:BBD:103

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