Signature Detail

HTTP: Microsoft PowerPoint Drawing Shapes Handling Memory Corruption

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Microsoft PowerPoint. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Extended Description

Microsoft Office is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this issue by enticing a victim to open a malicious Office file. Successfully exploiting this issue would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user.

Affected Products

• Microsoft office_2000 SP1
• Microsoft office_2000 SP2
• Microsoft office_2000 SP3
• Microsoft office_2000
• Microsoft office_2003 SP1
• Microsoft office_2003 SP2
• Microsoft office_2003
• Microsoft office_2004_for_mac
• Microsoft office_xp SP1
• Microsoft office_xp SP2
• Microsoft office_xp SP3
• Microsoft office_xp

References

• BugTraq: 28146
• CVE: CVE-2008-0118