CVE-2009-0556: Microsoft Office PowerPoint Code Injection Vulnerability
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Microsoft Office PowerPoint Code Injection Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
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."
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Microsoft: Office
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/new-0-day-exploits-using-powerpoint-files.asp… (opens in new tab)
- blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/04/02/microsoft-security-advisory-969136.aspx (opens in new tab)
- blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/04/02/investigating-the-new-powerpoint-issue.aspx (opens in new tab)
- osvdb.org/53182 (opens in new tab)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017 (opens in new tab)
- secunia.com/advisories/34572 (opens in new tab)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49632 (opens in new tab)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6204 (opens in new tab)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6279 (opens in new tab)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/627331 (opens in new tab)
- www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/969136.mspx (opens in new tab)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503453/100/0/threaded (opens in new tab)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34351 (opens in new tab)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (opens in new tab)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html (opens in new tab)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0915 (opens in new tab)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290 (opens in new tab)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-019 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)