Vulnerability in Microsoft Powerpoint
CVE-2006-3590
mso.dll, as used by Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 through 2003, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed shape container in a PPT file that leads to memory corruption, as exploited by Trojan.PPDropper.B, a different issue than CVE-2006-1540 and CVE-2006-3493.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.143 (96.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.143 · newest: 0.143 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Powerpoint — versions 2000, 2002, 2003
References
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-048 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21040 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- isc.sans.org/diary.php
- securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.ppdropper.b.html
- blogs.securiteam.com/
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440532/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440255/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27781 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440137/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)