CVE-2009-0556 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and PowerPoint 2004 for Mac. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious PowerPoint file containing an invalid index value within an OutlineTextRefAtom. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk. It can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction (opening a malicious file) to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence in the CISA KEV catalog and mentions of "Exploit:Win32/Apptom.gen." Despite its age, it continues to garner significant community discussion, though no public Metasploit or ExploitDB modules are currently available.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2004CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_powerpoint:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2002CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2003CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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