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CVE-2006-4694

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 13.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-09-27 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP and Office 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted record in a PPT file, as exploited by malware such as Exploit:Win32/Controlppt.W, Exploit:Win32/Controlppt.X, and Exploit-PPT.d/Trojan.PPDropper.F. NOTE: it has been reported that the attack vector involves SlideShowWindows.View.GotoNamedShow.

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 2000, 2000-sp1, 2000-sp2, 2000-sp3, 2003, xp-sp1 (+1)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/22127
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016937
• http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_140666.htm
• http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=95
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/231204
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/925984.mspx
• http://www.osvdb.org/29259
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447831/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20226
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-283A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3794

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