CVE-2006-3656 EXPLOIT
2.6
LOW · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 20.5% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to cause memory corruption via a crafted PowerPoint file, which triggers the corruption when the file is closed. NOTE: due to the lack of available details as of 20060717, it is unclear how this is related to CVE-2006-3655, CVE-2006-3660, and CVE-2006-3590, although it is possible that they are all different.
Scoring
| CVSS | 2.6 (LOW, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 20.52% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-07-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | powerpoint |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 - '.ppt' File Closure Memory Corruption | 2006-07-14 |
References
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/PP2003sp2patched_fr_exploit-method.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0607-exploits/mspp-poc3.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21061
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440108/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440370/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440867/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18993
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19229
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2815
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27781
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27782
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/PP2003sp2patched_fr_exploit-method.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0607-exploits/mspp-poc3.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21061
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440108/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440370/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440867/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18993
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19229
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2815
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