CVE-2006-3590

N/A Unknown
Published: July 14, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=508
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1484
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/21040
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.ppdropper.b.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016496
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/936945
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/27324
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440137/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440255/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440532/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18957
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2795
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-048
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27740
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27781
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A399
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=508
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1484
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/21040
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.ppdropper.b.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016496
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/936945
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/27324
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440137/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440255/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440532/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18957
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2795
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-048
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27740
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27781
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A399
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

34 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
36.1%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

microsoft