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Microsoft PowerPoint File Path Handling Buffer Overflow

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Office PowerPoint, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system. The vulnerability is caused by a boundary error when handling file paths and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted file. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. Microsoft Powerpoint 2002 is affected.

 

You can download this advisory from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/86094/secunia-msppfphbo.txt

Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/86094/Microsoft-PowerPoint-File-Path-Handling-Buffer-Overflow.html

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