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CVE-2009-0556

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3, and PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint file with an OutlineTextRefAtom containing an an invalid index value that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in April 2009 by Exploit:Win32/Apptom.gen, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Published

2009-04-03T18:30:00.610

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-94

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	office_powerpoint	2004	Yes
Application	microsoft	powerpoint	2000	Yes
Application	microsoft	powerpoint	2002	Yes
Application	microsoft	powerpoint	2003	Yes

References

http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/new-0-day-exploits-using-powerpoint-files.aspx Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/04/02/microsoft-security-advisory-969136.aspx Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/04/02/investigating-the-new-powerpoint-issue.aspx Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/53182 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34572 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/627331 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/969136.mspx Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503453/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34351 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021967 ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0915 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290 ([email protected])
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-019 ([email protected])
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49632 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6204 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6279 ([email protected])
http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/new-0-day-exploits-using-powerpoint-files.aspx Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/04/02/microsoft-security-advisory-969136.aspx Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/04/02/investigating-the-new-powerpoint-issue.aspx Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/53182 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34572 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/627331 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/969136.mspx Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503453/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34351 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021967 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0915 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-019 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49632 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6204 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6279 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)