CVE-2006-5296 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Microsoft PowerPoint 2003, where a specially crafted PowerPoint file can cause the application to crash due to improper handling of a container object. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity, and requires user interaction to open the malicious file. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, a proof-of-concept exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2003CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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