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CVE-2011-0656

Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2; PowerPoint Viewer; PowerPoint Viewer 2007 SP2; and PowerPoint Web App do not properly validate PersistDirectoryEntry records in PowerPoint documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a Slide with a malformed record, which triggers an exception and later use of an unspecified method, aka "Persist Directory RCE Vulnerability."

Published

2011-04-13T18:55:01.360

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

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-20
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application microsoft office 2004 Yes
Application microsoft office 2008 Yes
Application microsoft office 2011 Yes
Application microsoft office_compatibility_pack 2007 Yes
Application microsoft office_powerpoint_viewer * Yes
Application microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter * Yes
Application microsoft powerpoint 2002 Yes
Application microsoft powerpoint 2003 Yes
Application microsoft powerpoint 2007 Yes
Application microsoft powerpoint 2010 Yes
Application microsoft powerpoint_viewer 2007 Yes
Application microsoft powerpoint_web_app * Yes
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