Microsoft Office PowerPoint information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Microsoft Office PowerPoint. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-97744. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Microsoft Office PowerPoint (the affected version is unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office PowerPoint allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.

The advisory is shared at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-97744 since 09/25/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 2.8
VulDB Temp Score: 2.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

09/25/2026 CVE reserved
10/14/2026 +19 days Advisory disclosed
10/14/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/14/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-97744 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-97744
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-419689

Entryinfo

Created: 10/14/2026 11:34
Changes: 10/14/2026 11:34 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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