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TITLE:
Microsoft PowerPoint Malformed Record Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20633

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20633/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
http://secunia.com/product/2223/
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
http://secunia.com/product/3052/
Microsoft Office XP
http://secunia.com/product/23/
Microsoft Office X for Mac
http://secunia.com/product/2610/
Microsoft Office Powerpoint 2003
http://secunia.com/product/5274/
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
http://secunia.com/product/8713/
Microsoft Office 2000
http://secunia.com/product/24/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft PowerPoint, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a memory corruption error when
processing PowerPoint documents containing malformed records.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

Microsoft PowerPoint 2000:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F635F2CB-CFEE-4129-BB77-4779A3B05674

Microsoft PowerPoint 2002:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=60A1EB9F-F04B-4D21-A95E-CCC90D9782AB

Microsoft PowerPoint 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FCED8804-45B4-4FD2-8FDB-4960C5BB8954

Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 for Mac:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/

Microsoft PowerPoint v. X for Mac:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits:
* Nicolas Ruff, Fabrice Desclaux, and Kostya Kortchinsky.
* Elia Florio, Symantec.
* Dejun Meng, Fortinet Security Response Team.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS06-028 (KB916768):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-028.mspx

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