Intrusion PreventionMS.PowerPoint.Malformed.Records.Code.Execution
Description
This indicates an attempt to exploit a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint.
The vulnerability can be exploited via a specially crafted .PPT file with malformed values in the "GenericDateMCAtom", "HeaderMCAtom" and "FooterMCAtom" records. As a result, a remote attacker can execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the victim on a vulnerable system.
Affected Products
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft Office 2003
Impact
System compromise: remote code execution.
Recommended Actions
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue.
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 13612 |
| Created | Nov 27, 2006 |
| Updated | Aug 29, 2022 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2006-5296 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 96.79% |
| Default Action | pass |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | MS_Office |