CVE-2011-0656
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2; PowerPoint Viewer; PowerPoint…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 29.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2; PowerPoint Viewer; PowerPoint Viewer 2007 SP2; and PowerPoint Web App do not properly validate PersistDirectoryEntry records in PowerPoint documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a Slide with a malformed record, which triggers an exception and later use of an unspecified method, aka "Persist Directory RCE Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 29.60% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- microsoft/office · microsoft/office compatibility pack · microsoft/office powerpoint viewer · microsoft/open xml file format converter · microsoft/powerpoint · microsoft/powerpoint viewer · microsoft/powerpoint web app
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://osvdb.org/71770
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517482/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47251
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025340
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0941Vendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-125
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-022
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11761
- http://osvdb.org/71770
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517482/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47251
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025340
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0941Vendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-125
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-022
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11761
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.