CVE-2006-3449

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 42.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-08-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 through 2003, possibly a buffer overflow, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed record in the BIFF file format used in a PPT file, a different issue than CVE-2006-1540, aka "Microsoft PowerPoint Malformed Record Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft PowerPoint for Android: 2000, 2000-sp2, 2000-sp3, 2000-sr1, 2001, 2002 (+4)

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1342
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016657
http://secway.org/advisory/AD20060808.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/884252
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442592/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19341
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-048
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A348
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1342
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016657
http://secway.org/advisory/AD20060808.txt

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