CVE-2009-0556
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description
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."
INFO
Published Date :
April 3, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 1 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2009-0556
vulnerability.
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CVE-2009-0556.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2009-0556 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2009-0556 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/new-0-day-exploits-using-powerpoint-files.aspx Added Reference http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/04/02/microsoft-security-advisory-969136.aspx Added Reference http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/04/02/investigating-the-new-powerpoint-issue.aspx Added Reference http://osvdb.org/53182 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34572 Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/627331 Added Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/969136.mspx Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503453/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34351 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021967 Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0915 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290 Added Reference http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-019 Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49632 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6204 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6279 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 12, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-017.mspx [Patch, Vendor Advisory] Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 10, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/503453/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503453/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6204 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6279 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6279 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6204 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49632 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49632 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 06, 2009
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-0556 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-0556
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
93.43 }} -0.05%
score
0.99309
percentile