RCE in Microsoft Office
CVE-2006-4694
Unspecified vulnerability in PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP and Office 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted record in a PPT file, as exploited by malware such as Exploit:Win32/Controlppt.W, Exploit:Win32/Controlppt.X, and Exploit-PPT.d/Trojan.PPDropper.F. NOTE: it has been reported that the attack vector involves SlideShowWindows.View.GotoNamedShow.
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: 0.132 (96.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.132 · newest: 0.132 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Office — versions 2000, 2003, xp
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.osvdb.org/29259 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3794 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-283A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:269 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447831/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/231204 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/
- secunia.com/advisories/22127 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/925984.mspx