Microsoft Office 2000/2001/2003/2004 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Office 2000/2001/2003/2004. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in code injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2006-3876. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2000/2001/2003/2004 (Office Suite Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2000, Office 2002, Office 2003, Office 2004 for Mac, and Office v.X for Mac allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Data record in a PPT file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3435 and CVE-2006-4694.

The bug was discovered 10/10/2006. The weakness was released 10/10/2006 by Dejun Meng with Fortinet as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-3876 since 07/26/2006. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

The exploit is shared for download at saintcorporation.com. 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 22539 (MS06-058 / MS06-059 / MS06-0060 / MS06-062: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Allow Remote Code Execution (924163 / 924164 / 924554 / 922581) (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 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 9169.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29236), Tenable (22539), SecurityFocus (BID 20322†), OSVDB (29447†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017030†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-2357, VDB-2508, VDB-2571 and VDB-2595. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 22539
Nessus Name: MS06-058 / MS06-059 / MS06-0060 / MS06-062: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Allow Remote Code Execution (924163 / 924164 / 924554 / 922581) (Mac OS X)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/powerpoint_data
Saint Name: Microsoft PowerPoint malformed data record vulnerability

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Dejun Meng
Organization: Fortinet
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-3876 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3876
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32676

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X-Force: 29236
SecurityFocus: 20322 - Microsoft PowerPoint Data Record Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 29447 - Microsoft PowerPoint Crafted PPT Data Record Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1017030
Vulnerability Center: 12876 - [MS06-058] Microsoft PowerPoint Crafted Data Record Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3977

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

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 01/25/2025 16:29
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (85), 07/09/2019 09:17 (8), 01/25/2025 16:29 (19)
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