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CVE-2006-3590
mso.dll, as used by Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 through 2003, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed…
Medium5.1EPSS 14.3%
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- mitre
Description
mso.dll, as used by Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 through 2003, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed shape container in a PPT file that leads to memory corruption, as exploited by Trojan.PPDropper.B, a different issue than CVE-2006-1540 and CVE-2006-3493.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.3% · top 3.4% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (17)
- MS06-048 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 21040 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1484 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.ppdropper.b.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=508 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060718 New PowerPoint Trojan installs itself as LSP (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060716 Several updates in MS PowerPoint 0-day Vulnerability FAQ at SecuriTeam Blogs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- powerpoint-mso-code-execution2(27781) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060714 Microsoft PowerPoint 0-day Vulnerability FAQ document written (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- TA06-220A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2795 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1016496 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- VU#936945 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 27324 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- powerpoint-mso-code-execution(27740) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 18957 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:399 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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