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CVE-2009-0556

HIGHCISA KEV

8.8

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."

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.8

SeverityHIGH

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published4/3/2009

Last Modified4/22/2026

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorMicrosoft

ProductOffice

Vulnerability NameMicrosoft Office PowerPoint Code Injection Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2026-01-07

Remediation Due Date2026-01-28

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

microsoft:office_powerpointmicrosoft:powerpoint

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94CWE-94

References

http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/new-0-day-exploits-using-powerpoint-files.aspx(secure@microsoft.com)

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/04/02/microsoft-security-advisory-969136.aspx(secure@microsoft.com)

http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/04/02/investigating-the-new-powerpoint-issue.aspx(secure@microsoft.com)

http://osvdb.org/53182(secure@microsoft.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/34572(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/627331(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/969136.mspx(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503453/100/0/threaded(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34351(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021967(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0915(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-019(secure@microsoft.com)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017(secure@microsoft.com)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49632(secure@microsoft.com)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6204(secure@microsoft.com)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6279(secure@microsoft.com)

http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/new-0-day-exploits-using-powerpoint-files.aspx(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/04/02/microsoft-security-advisory-969136.aspx(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/04/02/investigating-the-new-powerpoint-issue.aspx(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://osvdb.org/53182(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/34572(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/627331(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/969136.mspx(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503453/100/0/threaded(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34351(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021967(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0915(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-019(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49632(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6204(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6279(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-0556(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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