Summary
This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS10-004.
Impact
Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious PPT file.
Impact Level: Application
Solution
Run Windows Update and update the listed hotfixes or download and update mentioned hotfixes in the advisory from the below link, http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-004.mspx
Insight
Multiple flaws are due to:
- Buffer overflow error when handling file paths.
- Heap overflow error when processing 'LinkedSlideAtom' records.
- Array indexing error when processing 'OEPlaceholderAtom' records with a specially crafted 'placementId' field.
- Use-after-free error when processing 'OEPlaceholderAtom' records.
- Stack overflow error when processing 'TextBytesAtom' records.
- Stack overflow error when processing 'TextCharsAtom' records.
Affected
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 SP 3 and prior.
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 SP 3 and prior.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-0029, CVE-2010-0030, CVE-2010-0031, CVE-2010-0032, CVE-2010-0033, CVE-2010-0034 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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