Intrusion PreventionMS.PowerPoint.Parsing.Buffer.Overflow
Description
This indicates an attack attempt against a buffer-overflow vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint.
The vulnerability exists because of the way that Microsoft PowerPoint parses the PowerPoint file format when opening a specially crafted PowerPoint 95 file. It allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via sending a crafted malicious PowerPoint 95 file.
Affected Products
Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer Service Pack 2
Impact
System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Apply the patch supplied by the vendor:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms10-088.mspx
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 24930 |
| Created | Nov 10, 2010 |
| Updated | Nov 15, 2021 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2010-2572 |
| Known Exploited | Yes |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 92.47% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows, MacOS |
| Affected App | MS_Office |