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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                        ESB-2006.0716 -- [Win][OSX]
       Vulnerability in PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution
                             29 September 2006

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              PowerPoint 2004 for Mac
                      PowerPoint v.X for Mac
                      PowerPoint 2003
                      PowerPoint 2002
                      PowerPoint 2000
Publisher:            UNIRAS
Operating System:     Windows
                      Mac OS X
Impact:               Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access:               Remote/Unauthenticated

Original Bulletin:
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/925984.mspx

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 UNIRAS (UK Government CERT) Briefing - 633/06 dated 28.09.06 time 13:00
 UNIRAS is part of NISCC (the UK National Infrastructure Security
 Co-ordination Centre)
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 UNIRAS material is available from the NISCC website at www.niscc.gov.uk
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Microsoft Security Advisory (925984)
Vulnerability in PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution

Detail
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Microsoft is investigating new public reports of limited "zero-day" attacks 
using a vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, Microsoft PowerPoint 2002, 
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 for Mac, and Microsoft 
PowerPoint v. X for Mac.

In order for this attack to be carried out, a user must first open a malicious 
PowerPoint file attached to an e-mail or otherwise provided to them by an attacker.

As a best practice, users should always exercise extreme caution when opening 
unsolicited attachments from both known and unknown sources. Microsoft has added 
detection to the Windows Live OneCare safety scanner for up-to-date removal of 
malicious software that attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

Published: September 27, 2006

Full advisory:
URL: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/925984.mspx

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UNIRAS wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Microsoft for the
information contained in this briefing.
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prevention, to prompt rapid reaction to incidents, and to promote
information sharing amongst its members and the community at large.
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