PT-2011-3006 · Microsoft · Office Powerpoint

Published 2011-05-13 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2011-1270

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft PowerPoint versions 2002 SP3 through 2003 SP3

Description A remote code execution issue exists in the way Microsoft PowerPoint handles specially crafted PowerPoint files. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint document. An attacker who successfully exploits this issue could take complete control of an affected system, enabling them to install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations For Microsoft PowerPoint versions 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1270

Affected Products

Office Powerpoint

References · 6

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1270 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1270 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-036 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1270 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12256 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/MS11-036 · Note