CVE-2006-3590

MEDIUM 5.1CVE-2006-3590 · Published 14/07/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
powerpoint microsoft	`= 2000= 2002= 2003`	No fix yet

Description

mso.dll, as used by Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 through 2003, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed shape container in a PPT file that leads to memory corruption, as exploited by Trojan.PPDropper.B, a different issue than CVE-2006-1540 and CVE-2006-3493.

References

blogs.securiteam.com
isc.sans.org/diary.php
secunia.com/advisories/21040 · Vendor Advisory
securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.ppdropper.b.html
securitytracker.com/id
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/936945 · US Government Resource
osvdb.org/27324
securityfocus.com/archive/1/440137/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/archive/1/440255/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/archive/1/440532/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/18957
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html · US Government Resource
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2795 · Vendor Advisory
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-048
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27740
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27781
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A399

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