National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1130
Original release date:05/12/2009
Last revised:06/04/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, and PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted structure in a Notes container in a PowerPoint file that causes PowerPoint to read more data than was allocated when creating a C++ object, leading to an overwrite of a function pointer, aka "Heap Corruption Vulnerability."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-132A
Name: TA09-132A
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-020/
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1290
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022205
External Source: BID
Name: 34840
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20090512 ZDI-09-020: Microsoft Office PowerPoint Notes Container Heap Overflow Vulnerability
External Source: MS
Name: MS09-017
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32428
External Source: IDEFENSE
Name: 20090512 Microsoft PowerPoint Notes Container Heap Corruption Vulnerability