CVE-2009-0556

HIGH KEV

Microsoft Office PowerPoint <2004 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3, and PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint file with an OutlineTextRefAtom containing an an invalid index value that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in April 2009 by Exploit:Win32/Apptom.gen, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

References (19)

[Vendor Advisory] http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/new-0-day-exploits-using-powerpoint-files.aspx

[Vendor Advisory] http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/04/02/microsoft-security-advisory-969136.aspx

[Vendor Advisory] http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/04/02/investigating-the-new-powerpoint-issue.aspx

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://osvdb.org/53182

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/34572

[US Government Resource] http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/627331

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/969136.mspx

[US Government Resource] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0915

[Vendor Advisory] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49632

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6204

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6279

[Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-0556

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503453/100/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34351

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-019

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021967

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.6788

EPSS Percentile 98.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CISA KEV 2026-01-07

VulnCheck KEV 2009-04-03

InTheWild.io 2018-10-12

ENISA EUVD EUVD-2009-0560

CWE

CWE-94

Status published

Products (4)

microsoft/office_powerpoint 2004

microsoft/powerpoint 2000 sp3

microsoft/powerpoint 2002 sp3

microsoft/powerpoint 2003 sp3

Published Apr 03, 2009

KEV Added Jan 07, 2026

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026