CVE-2011-0656

N/A Unknown
Published: April 13, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2; PowerPoint Viewer; PowerPoint Viewer 2007 SP2; and PowerPoint Web App do not properly validate PersistDirectoryEntry records in PowerPoint documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a Slide with a malformed record, which triggers an exception and later use of an unspecified method, aka "Persist Directory RCE Vulnerability."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/71770
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47251
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025340
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
Source: secure@microsoft.com
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0941
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/71770
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517482/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47251
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025340
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0941
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-125
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
29.6%
98th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

microsoft