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Status published
Medium
CVE-2006-3590
mso.dll, as used by Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 through 2003, allows...
Vulnerability Description
mso.dll, as used by Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 through 2003, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed shape container in a PPT file that leads to memory corruption, as exploited by Trojan.PPDropper.B, a different issue than CVE-2006-1540 and CVE-2006-3493.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-048
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21040
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1484
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.ppdropper.b.html
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=508
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440532/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440255/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27781
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440137/100/0/threaded
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2795
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016496
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/936945
- http://www.osvdb.org/27324
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27740
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18957
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A399
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Vulnerable Versions:
2000, 2002, 2003
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 14th, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.