CVE-2006-3449 describes an unspecified vulnerability, likely a buffer overflow, in Microsoft PowerPoint versions 2000 through 2003. This flaw allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by exploiting a malformed record within a PPT file's BIFF format. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2000:*:*:ja:*:*:*:* | ||
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2000:*:*:ko:*:*:*:* | ||
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2000:*:*:zh:*:*:*:* | ||
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2000:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.