PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2000, XP, 2003, 2004 for Mac, and v.X for Mac does not properly parse the slide notes field in a document, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted data in this field, which triggers an erroneous object pointer calculation that uses data from within the document
Published Oct 10, 2006
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 37.26%
Description
PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2000, XP, 2003, 2004 for Mac, and v.X for Mac does not properly parse the slide notes field in a document, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted data in this field, which triggers an erroneous object pointer calculation that uses data from within the document. NOTE: this issue is different than other PowerPoint vulnerabilities including CVE-2006-4694.
Affected products
No data.
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2004
- v.x
- xp
- xp
- xp
- xp
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 37.26% (0.37261) | 98.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 37.38% (0.37375) | 98.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 35.87% (0.35868) | 98.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2025 | 46.60% (0.46603) | 97.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 54.78% (0.54784) | 97.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 29, 2025 | 90.70% (0.90701) | 99.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 83.14% (0.83135) | 98.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 14, 2023 | 73.68% (0.73684) | 97.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 7, 2023 | 61.75% (0.61748) | 97.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 22, 2023 | 61.41% (0.61414) | 97.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 14, 2023 | 54.83% (0.54831) | 97.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 39.07% (0.39074) | 96.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017030 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/187028 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/29446 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448149/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20304 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3977 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-032.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-058 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A476 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017030 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/187028 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/29446 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448149/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20304 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3977 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-032.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-058 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A476 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
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