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Sid
3-16188

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

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. Complete admin access.

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Detailed Information:
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP1 and SP2, Office 2004 for Mac, and v. X for Mac allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint document with a malformed record, which triggers memory corruption.

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Affected Systems:
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
Microsoft PowerPoint 2004
Microsoft PowerPoint 2004

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Medium.

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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-2006-0022:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2006-0022
  
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