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CVE-2009-0556

CVE information

Published

14 years ago

Last Modified

5 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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.".

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
9.3/10
Exploit Score
8.6/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_powerpoint:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -