THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-4694
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-4694

Office vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
12.5%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Office
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2006-09-27

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 12.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-4694

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Office is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-4694.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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