CVE-2006-3656

Public Exploit

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to cause memory corruption via a crafted PowerPoint file, which triggers the corruption when the file is closed. NOTE: due to the lack of available details as of 20060717, it is unclear how this is related to CVE-2006-3655, CVE-2006-3660, and CVE-2006-3590, although it is possible that they are all different.

2.6

CVSS

Severity: Low

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 65.50% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/21061	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440370/100/0/threaded	mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27782	vdb entry
http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/PP2003sp2patched_fr_exploit-method.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19229	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2815	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0607-exploits/mspp-poc3.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27781	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440867/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440108/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18993	vdb entry exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3656?: CVE-2006-3656 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3656?: To fix CVE-2006-3656, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-3656 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-3656 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~65% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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