{
    "id": "CVE-2006-5296",
    "published": "2006-10-16 19:07:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:30:55",
    "cvss_score": "4.3",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.26983",
    "epss_percentile": "0.97977",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:05",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "powerpoint"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "2523",
            "title": "Microsoft Office 2003 - '.PPT' Local Buffer Overflow (PoC)",
            "date": "2006-10-12",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2523"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/12/poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx",
        "http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/11/10/follow-up-information-on-weblog-posting-about-poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx",
        "http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061012_2.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/22394",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1017059",
        "http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193302553",
        "http://www.osvdb.org/29720",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20495",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4031",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29507",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2523",
        "http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/12/poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx",
        "http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/11/10/follow-up-information-on-weblog-posting-about-poc-published-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx",
        "http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061012_2.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/22394",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1017059",
        "http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193302553",
        "http://www.osvdb.org/29720",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20495",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4031",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29507",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2523"
    ]
}