CVE-2009-0556

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."
References
Link Resource
http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/new-0-day-exploits-using-powerpoint-files.aspx Vendor Advisory
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/04/02/microsoft-security-advisory-969136.aspx Vendor Advisory
http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/04/02/investigating-the-new-powerpoint-issue.aspx Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/53182
http://secunia.com/advisories/34572 Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/627331 US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/969136.mspx Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503453/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34351
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021967
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0915 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-019
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49632
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6204
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6279
http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/new-0-day-exploits-using-powerpoint-files.aspx Vendor Advisory
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/04/02/microsoft-security-advisory-969136.aspx Vendor Advisory
http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/04/02/investigating-the-new-powerpoint-issue.aspx Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/53182
http://secunia.com/advisories/34572 Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/627331 US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/969136.mspx Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503453/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34351
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021967
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0915 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-019
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49632
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6204
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6279
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_powerpoint:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2009-04-03 18:30

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30


NVD link : CVE-2009-0556

Mitre link : CVE-2009-0556

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-0556


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Products Affected

microsoft

  • office_powerpoint
  • powerpoint
CWE
CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')