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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2010.0131
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office PowerPoint Could Allow
Remote Code Execution
10 February 2010
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
Open XML File Format Converter for Mac
PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Service Pack 1 and PowerPoint
Viewer 2007 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel,
and PowerPoint 2007
File Formats Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Office
Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
2007 File Formats Service Pack 2
Microsoft Works 8.5
Microsoft Works 9
Publisher: Microsoft
Operating System: Windows
Mac OS X
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2010-0032 CVE-2010-0031 CVE-2010-0030
CVE-2010-0029
Original Bulletin:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-004.mspx
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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-004 - Important
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code
Execution (975416)
Published: February 09, 2010
Version: 1.0
General Information
Executive Summary
This security update resolves six privately reported vulnerabilities in
Microsoft Office PowerPoint. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code
execution if a user opens a specially crafted PowerPoint file. An attacker
could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new
accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to
have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who
operate with administrative user rights.
This security update is rated Important for supported editions of Microsoft
Office PowerPoint 2002 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, and Microsoft
Office 2004 for Mac.
The security update addresses the vulnerabilities by changing the way that
Microsoft Office PowerPoint and Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer parse specially
crafted PowerPoint files.
Recommendation. Microsoft recommends that customers apply the update at the
earliest opportunity.
Known Issues. Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 975416 documents the
currently known issues that customers may experience when installing this
security update. The article also documents recommended solutions for these
issues. When currently known issues and recommended solutions pertain only
to specific releases of this software, this article provides links to
further articles.
Affected Software
Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
Open XML File Format Converter for Mac
PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Service Pack 1 and PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Service
Pack 2
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007
File Formats Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 2
Microsoft Works 8.5
Microsoft Works 9
Vulnerability Information
PowerPoint File Path Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - CVE-2010-0029
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft
Office PowerPoint handles specially crafted PowerPoint files. An attacker
who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control
of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view,
change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
PowerPoint LinkedSlideAtom Heap Overflow Vulnerability - CVE-2010-0030
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft
Office PowerPoint handles specially crafted PowerPoint files. An
attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take
complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install
programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with
full user rights.
PowerPoint OEPlaceholderAtom 'placementId' Invalid Array Indexing
Vulnerability - CVE-2010-0031
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft
Office PowerPoint handles specially crafted PowerPoint files. An
attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take
complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install
programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full
user rights.
PowerPoint OEPlaceholderAtom Use After Free Vulnerability - CVE-2010-0032
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft
Office PowerPoint handles specially crafted PowerPoint files. An
attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take
complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install
programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with
full user rights.
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