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Microsoft PowerPoint Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Secunia Advisory:	SA21040
Release Date:	2006-07-14
Last Update:	2006-08-10

Critical:	Extremely critical
Impact:	System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	Microsoft Office 2000 Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Microsoft Office X for Mac Microsoft Office XP Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Microsoft Powerpoint 2003

CVE reference:	CVE-2006-3449 (Secunia mirror) CVE-2006-3590 (Secunia mirror)

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Description: Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft PowerPoint, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. 1) An error when parsing malformed records and can be exploited to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code via a presentation containing a specially crafted record. 2) An error in mso.dll when parsing malformed shape containers can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted presentation. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. NOTE: This vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild. Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, scan using the Network Software Inspector. Solution: Apply patches. Microsoft Office 2000 SP3: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=B7B5615B-7C20-4C49-892F-7F4CCC2D6006 Microsoft Office XP SP3: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A9C7E43B-A0A6-4C81-87ED-3F4DED78EAEA Microsoft Office 2003 SP1/SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=DE1CB2A7-5D4C-44B8-BC40-7E0A88CC3081 Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac: http://www.microsoft.com/mac Microsoft Office v. X for Mac: http://www.microsoft.com/mac Provided and/or discovered by: 1) The vendor credits SoWhat, Nevis Labs. 2) Discovered in the wild as a 0-day. Changelog: 2006-07-15: Added link to MSRC. 2006-07-17: Added link to US-CERT. Added CVE reference. 2006-07-18: Added link to Microsoft advisory. 2006-08-08: Added additional information from Microsoft. Updated "Solution" section. 2006-08-09: Added link to US-CERT. Added additional information provided by Sowhat. 2006-08-10: Updated advisory. Original Advisory: MS06-048 (KB922968): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-048.mspx Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/922970.mspx http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/07/14/441893.aspx Sowhat: http://secway.org/advisory/AD20060808.txt Other References: US-CERT VU#884252: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/884252 US-CERT VU#936945: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/936945



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