CVE-2009-0556
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-94
Code Injection
Publication date:
03/04/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025
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."
Impact
Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/new-0-day-exploits-using-powerpoint-files.aspx
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/04/02/microsoft-security-advisory-969136.aspx
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/04/02/investigating-the-new-powerpoint-issue.aspx
- http://osvdb.org/53182
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34572
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/627331
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/969136.mspx
- 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
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0915
- 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
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/04/02/microsoft-security-advisory-969136.aspx
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/04/02/investigating-the-new-powerpoint-issue.aspx
- http://osvdb.org/53182
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34572
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/627331
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/969136.mspx
- 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
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0915
- 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