CVE-2006-3655

Powerpoint vulnerability

CVSS

5.1

EPSS

20.9%

EPSS pct

97th

Exploited

No known

Unspecified vulnerability in mso.dll in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint file. NOTE: due to the lack of available details as of 20060717, it is unclear how this is related to CVE-2006-3656, CVE-2006-3660, and CVE-2006-3590, although it is possible that they are all different.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Powerpoint

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

2006-07-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 20.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Microsoft Powerpoint is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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