Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2007 numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2007. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-2573. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2007 (Presentation Software). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer underflow in Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, PowerPoint Viewer SP2, and Office 2004 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint document, aka "PowerPoint Integer Underflow Causes Heap Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 11/09/2010 by TheLeader (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-2573 since 06/30/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/28/2021).

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50528 (MS10-087: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2423930)), 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 110137 (Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS10-088)).

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 10630.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (62793), Tenable (50528), SecurityFocus (BID 42628†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28110†). The entries VDB-55424, VDB-55420, VDB-55419 and VDB-55418 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 50528
Nessus Name: MS10-087: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2423930)
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OpenVAS ID: 900261
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (2293386)
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06/30/2010 🔍
08/24/2010 +55 days 🔍
11/09/2010 +77 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1590 days 🔍
09/28/2021 +2385 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: TheLeader
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-2573 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2573
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55412

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X-Force: 62793
SecurityFocus: 42628 - Microsoft Office 'pptimpconv.dll' DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 28110 - [MS10-088] Microsoft PowerPoint and PowerPoint Viewer Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/28/2021 23:26
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (66), 06/05/2019 13:15 (14), 09/28/2021 23:26 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:BAE:103

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