CVE-2009-0556

Published Apr 3, 2009

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description: 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."
Source: secure@microsoft.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 9.3
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-94

Configurations

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            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "A192BD93-8778-4CA9-BC32-18F8290BF197"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "16844C40-F012-4C19-9028-D05014EBF7D2"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "34C63AE5-4584-4A51-B20D-36FA6DE01C86"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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            "matchCriteriaId": "1778A4FF-FF69-403C-A607-6777AE685A13"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

References