Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Sound code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft PowerPoint 2002. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Sound. Executing a manipulation can lead to code injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2009-0223. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 (Presentation Software). It has been declared as very critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Sound. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted sound data in a file that uses a PowerPoint 4.0 native file format, leading to memory corruption, aka "Legacy File Format Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0222, CVE-2009-0226, CVE-2009-0227, and CVE-2009-1137.

The weakness was presented 05/12/2009 by iDefense Labs with VeriSign iDefense Labs (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-0223 since 01/20/2009. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 08/11/2021). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 38742 (MS09-017: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (967340)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110094 (Microsoft Office PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS09-017)).

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 8037.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50272), Tenable (38742), SecurityFocus (BID 34834†), Secunia (SA32428†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1022205†). See VDB-3946, VDB-3971, VDB-3973 and VDB-3972 for similar entries. 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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Nessus ID: 38742
Nessus Name: MS09-017: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (967340)
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OpenVAS ID: 64172
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu USN-771-1 (libmodplug)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: iDefense Labs
Organization: VeriSign iDefense Labs
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-0223 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0223
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48148

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X-Force: 50272
SecurityFocus: 34834 - Microsoft PowerPoint Sound Data (CVE-2009-0223) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 32428 - Microsoft PowerPoint Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1022205 - Microsoft PowerPoint Has Multiple Buffer Overflows and Memory Corruption Bugs That Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 22004 - [MS09-017] Microsoft Office PowerPoint Crafted Sound Data Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1290

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 08/11/2021 08:59
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (73), 06/05/2019 13:16 (18), 08/11/2021 08:59 (3)
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