CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-3435

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in PowerPoint in Microsoft Office (2000, XP, 2003, 2004 for Mac, and v.X for Mac) involves improper parsing of the slide notes field in a document. A remote attacker can trick a user into opening a crafted file, triggering an erroneous object pointer calculation that uses data from within the document and leading to arbitrary code execution.

Risk Assessment

Successful exploitation allows arbitrary code execution in the context of the user opening the document, potentially leading to system compromise, data theft, or malware installation.

Recommendation

Apply Microsoft security updates for PowerPoint as soon as possible and avoid opening documents from untrusted sources.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2000, XP, 2003, 2004 for Mac, and v.X for Mac does not properly parse the slide notes field in a document, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted data in this field, which triggers an erroneous object pointer calculation that uses data from within the document. NOTE: this issue is different than other PowerPoint vulnerabilities including CVE-2006-4694.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS