CVE-2006-3449
highpriority · attend · 45EPSS 0.428 · 99 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 through 2003, possibly a buffer overflow, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed record in the BIFF file format used in a PPT file, a different issue than CVE-2006-1540, aka "Microsoft PowerPoint Malformed Record Vulnerability."
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affected products (5)
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references (18)
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- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1342enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016657enisa_euvd
- http://secway.org/advisory/AD20060808.txtenisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/884252enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442592/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19341enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-048enisa_euvd
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