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Sid
3-15502

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint.

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Impact:
Loss of integrity. Complete admin access.

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Detailed Information:
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; PowerPoint Viewer 2003 and 2007 SP1 and SP2; PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Works 8.5 and 9.0; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 do not properly validate list records in PowerPoint files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file that triggers memory corruption related to an invalid record type, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

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Affected Systems:
 Microsoft PowerPoint 

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Difficult.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2009-0224:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-0224
  
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