RCE in Microsoft Office
CVE-2006-3435
PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2000, XP, 2003, 2004 for Mac, and v.X for Mac does not properly parse the slide notes field in a document, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted data in this field, which triggers an erroneous object pointer calculation that uses data from within the document. NOTE: this issue is different than other PowerPoint vulnerabilities including CVE-2006-4694.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
EPSS: 0.363 (98.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Office — versions 2000, 2003, 2004
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secure@microsoft.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, third-party-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_HP, vendor-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MISC)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
- secure@microsoft.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-3435?
- CVE-2006-3435 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Office, classified under Code Injection. Published 2006-10-10.
- Is CVE-2006-3435 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.