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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2006-3449 Detail

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 through 2003, possibly a buffer overflow, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed record in the BIFF file format used in a PPT file, a different issue than CVE-2006-1540, aka "Microsoft PowerPoint Malformed Record Vulnerability."


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1342 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016657 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://secway.org/advisory/AD20060808.txt CVE, Microsoft Corporation Not Applicable 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/884252 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Patch  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442592/100/0/threaded CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19341 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html CVE, Microsoft Corporation Patch  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-048 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A348 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-3449
NVD Published Date:
08/08/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Microsoft Corporation