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)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.373 (98.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.363 · newest: 0.373 · change: +0.009
Affected products
- Microsoft Office — versions 2000, 2003, 2004
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/187028 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-032.html
- www.osvdb.org/29446 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:476 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448149/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20304 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3977 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-058 (vendor-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
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.