Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2004/Xp code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2004/Xp. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-3435. No exploit is available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2004/Xp (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2000, XP, 2003, 2004 for Mac, and v.X for Mac does not properly parse the slide notes field in a document, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted data in this field, which triggers an erroneous object pointer calculation that uses data from within the document. NOTE: this issue is different than other PowerPoint vulnerabilities including CVE-2006-4694.

The bug was discovered 06/14/2006. The weakness was published 10/10/2006 by Arnaud Dovi aka 'class101' with Zero Day Initiative as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-3435 since 07/07/2006. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2682 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22531 (MS06-058: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (924163)), 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 110043 (Microsoft PowerPoint Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS06-058)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4770.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29236), Tenable (22531), SecurityFocus (BID 20304†), OSVDB (29446†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017030†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2571, VDB-32690 and VDB-32676. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 22531
Nessus Name: MS06-058: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (924163)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Arnaud Dovi aka 'class101'
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-3435 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3435
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32675

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X-Force: 29236
SecurityFocus: 20304 - Microsoft PowerPoint Object Pointer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 29446 - Microsoft PowerPoint Crafted PPT Object Pointer Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1017030
Vulnerability Center: 12875 - [MS06-058] Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Crafted Object Pointer Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3977

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 01/24/2025 17:31
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (80), 07/09/2019 09:16 (8), 01/24/2025 17:31 (17)
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