53182 : Microsoft Office PowerPoint PPT File Handling Unspecified Code Execution
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-04-03

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-0556" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : 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."

Classification

Location: Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Uncoordinated Disclosure, Discovered in the Wild

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2009-0556 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 34351
Secunia Advisory ID: 34572
SCIP VulDB ID: 3946
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/new-0-day-exploits-using-powerpoint-files.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/04/02/microsoft-security-advisory-969136.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/04/02/investigating-the-new-powerpoint-issue.aspx
News Article: http://www.darkreading.com/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216402732
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/969136.mspx
Generic Exploit URL: http://www.saintcorporation.com/cgi-bin/exploit_info/powerpoint_invalid_object

Tools & Filters

	38742

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-04-06 | Disagree?

Blogs

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2009/05/13 01:40:26 | Patch Tuesday Wednesday (MAY-2009)

from: Visible Procrastinations

This month we have 1xCritical bulletin which is detected via Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer. A restart will be required ... for these products. Replaces MS08-051. 2 CVE-2009-0556 is actively exploited with exploit code

2009/05/12 19:21:33 | May 2009 Bulletin Release

from: Bink.nu

Today we released one security bulletin, MS09-017 , affecting our PowerPoint products ... (currently) aware of active attacks against CVE-2009-0556. We are not aware (currently) of any active or reliable exploits of CVE-2009-0556 against affected versions of Office for Mac

2009/05/12 19:00:02 | Microsoft Security Advisory (969136): Vulnerability in Microsoft Office PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution - 5/12/2009

from: Spyware Remover Help

Revision Note: V2.0 (May 12, 2009): Advisory updated to reflect publication of security bulletin ... addressed is the Memory Corruption Vulnerability - CVE-2009-0556

2009/05/13 10:11:02 | Summary of Microsoft’s monthly security bulletin release for May 2009

from: Windows, Technology, Computers, Software News - WinSoftNews

2009/04/03 16:30:00 | Death By Powerpoint: Microsoft Security Advisory 969136

from: Devil's Advocate Security

We've all heard the joke about corporate meetings - "Death by PowerPoint" ... . This is referenced as CVE-2009-0556 , for those who would like to track it.

2009/04/03 22:14:00 | PowerPoint Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability (0-Day)

from: Thoughts of a Technocrat

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/969136 ... Reference: CVE-2009-0556 Secunia Security Advisory - http://secunia.com/advisories/34572/

2009/04/03 18:37:36 | Hackers Jump onto Power Point Exploits : KB969136

from: Dagorret

It looks like Trend Micro has published some new spam attempts to get the users to open up the Maleware for them to deposit TROJ_PPDROP ... , the CVE place Holder for this is CVE-2009-0556 and hasn’t become live yet. I do not think

2009/04/03 16:23:20 | Hackers Jump onto Power Point Exploits : KB969136

from: Tech-Linkblog.com

In my Previous post, we talked about Microsoft Advisory for KB969136 and the exploit was in the wild ... . According to Internet Storm Center , the CVE place Holder for this is CVE-2009-0556 and hasn’

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