Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-5296
PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2003 does not properly handle a container object whose position value exceeds the record length, which allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a crafted PowerPoint (.PPT) file, as demonstrated by Nanika.ppt, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3435, CVE-2006-3876, CVE-2006-3877, and CVE-2006-4694. NOTE: the impact of this issue was originally claimed to be arbitrary code execution, but later analysis demonstrated that this was erroneous.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5296
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 96.79%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 100 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2006-5296
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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4.3
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
8.6
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2.9
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NIST |
References for CVE-2006-5296
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4031
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http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/11/10/follow-up-information-on-weblog-posting-about-poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1017059
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20495
Exploit
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http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/12/poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx
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http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193302553
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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2523
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http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061012_2.html
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29507
Products affected by CVE-2006-5296
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*