CVE-2006-5296

Public Exploit

Description

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.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 77.00% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4031	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017059	vdb entry
http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193302553
http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061012_2.html
http://www.osvdb.org/29720	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22394	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2523	exploit
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/11/10/follow-up-information-on-weblog-posting-about-poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/12/poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29507	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20495	vdb entry exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5296?: CVE-2006-5296 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5296?: To fix CVE-2006-5296, 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-2006-5296 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-5296 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~77% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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