CVE-2006-3590: microsoft powerpoint
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2006-3590 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability in microsoft powerpoint. EPSS estimates a 14.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 14-07-2006PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
14.26%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
97%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 14.26% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Microsoft1 product
- powerpoint2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2003:sp1 | 2003:sp2
1 vendor · 1 product
References
17 links
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-048Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MS- isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1484X Refsource MISC
- blogs.securiteam.com?p=508X Refsource MISC
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTUS Government Resource
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- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A399VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL