Exploitation Summary
CVE-2006-3590 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).
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.
References (17)
Core 17
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-048
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/21040
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1484
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.ppdropper.b.html
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=508
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440532/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440255/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27781
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440137/100/0/threaded
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2795
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016496
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/936945
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/27324
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27740
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18957
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A399
Scores
EPSS
0.1426
EPSS Percentile
96.2%
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2006-08-08
Status
published
Products (3)
microsoft/powerpoint
2000
microsoft/powerpoint
2002
microsoft/powerpoint
2003 (3 CPE variants)
Published
Jul 14, 2006
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026