CVE-2009-0556

high

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."

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6279

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6204

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49632

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-019

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0915

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021967

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34351

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503453/100/0/threaded

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/969136.mspx

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/627331

http://secunia.com/advisories/34572

http://osvdb.org/53182

http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/04/02/investigating-the-new-powerpoint-issue.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/04/02/microsoft-security-advisory-969136.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/new-0-day-exploits-using-powerpoint-files.aspx

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-04-03

Updated: 2018-10-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High