CVE-2006-5296

Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 - Denial of Service via Crafted PPT File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-5296. PoCs published by Nanika.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit is a proof-of-concept for CVE-2006-5296, targeting a vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2003. It crafts a malicious PowerPoint file to trigger a memory corruption issue, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

Description

PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2003 does not properly handle a container object whose position value exceeds the record length, which allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a crafted PowerPoint (.PPT) file, as demonstrated by Nanika.ppt, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3435, CVE-2006-3876, CVE-2006-3877, and CVE-2006-4694. NOTE: the impact of this issue was originally claimed to be arbitrary code execution, but later analysis demonstrated that this was erroneous.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Nanika · perldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2523

This exploit is a proof-of-concept for CVE-2006-5296, targeting a vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2003. It crafts a malicious PowerPoint file to trigger a memory corruption issue, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Microsoft Office 2003
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open the malicious PowerPoint file
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22394
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4031
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017059
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/29720
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2523
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29507
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20495

Scores

EPSS 0.2495
EPSS Percentile 97.6%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
microsoft/powerpoint 2003
Published Oct 16, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026