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FKIE_CVE-2009-0556

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-04-03 18:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:05

Severity

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3, and PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint file with an OutlineTextRefAtom containing an an invalid index value that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in April 2009 by Exploit:Win32/Apptom.gen, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

References

URL	Tags
secure@microsoft.com	http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/new-0-day-exploits-using-powerpoint-files.aspx	Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.com	http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/04/02/microsoft-security-advisory-969136.aspx	Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.com	http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/04/02/investigating-the-new-powerpoint-issue.aspx	Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.com	http://osvdb.org/53182	Broken Link
secure@microsoft.com	http://secunia.com/advisories/34572	Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/627331	US Government Resource
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/969136.mspx	Patch, Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503453/100/0/threaded	Broken Link
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34351	Broken Link
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021967	Broken Link
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html	US Government Resource
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0915	Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290	Broken Link
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-019	Third Party Advisory
secure@microsoft.com	https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017	Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.com	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49632	Third Party Advisory
secure@microsoft.com	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6204	Broken Link
secure@microsoft.com	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6279	Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/new-0-day-exploits-using-powerpoint-files.aspx	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/04/02/microsoft-security-advisory-969136.aspx	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/04/02/investigating-the-new-powerpoint-issue.aspx	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://osvdb.org/53182	Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/34572	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/627331	US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/969136.mspx	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503453/100/0/threaded	Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34351	Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021967	Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html	US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0915	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290	Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-019	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49632	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6204	Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6279	Broken Link
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-0556	US Government Resource

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
microsoft	office_powerpoint	2004
microsoft	powerpoint	2000
microsoft	powerpoint	2002
microsoft	powerpoint	2003

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CVE-2009-0556 (GCVE-0-2009-0556)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-04-03 18:00 – Updated: 2026-01-08 04:55

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-07 00:00 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

microsoft mitre root

References

19 references

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http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290	vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://osvdb.org/53182	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34351	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0915	vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/04/02/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/04/02/i…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def…	vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/34572	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021967	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisor…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/627331	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503453/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def…	vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource

Date Public

2009-04-02 00:00

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