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CVE-2006-4694 Detail

Current Description

Unspecified vulnerability in PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP and Office 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted record in a PPT file, as exploited by malware such as Exploit:Win32/Controlppt.W, Exploit:Win32/Controlppt.X, and Exploit-PPT.d/Trojan.PPDropper.F. NOTE: it has been reported that the attack vector involves SlideShowWindows.View.GotoNamedShow.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22127 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016937 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_140666.htm CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=95 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/231204 CVE, Microsoft Corporation US Government Resource 
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/925984.mspx CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.osvdb.org/29259 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447831/100/0/threaded CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20226 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-283A.html CVE, Microsoft Corporation US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3794 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Vendor Advisory 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-058 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29225 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A269 CVE, Microsoft Corporation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-4694
NVD Published Date:
09/27/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Microsoft Corporation