Vulnerability Note VU#963628

Microsoft PowerPoint may disclose information in the Temporary Internet Files Folder

Overview

Microsoft PowerPoint contains an information disclosure vulnerability. As a result, sensitive information may be exposed to untrusted parties.

I. Description

Microsoft PowerPoint fails to properly restrict access to objects in the Temporary Internet Files Folder (TIFF). This vulnerability is triggered when PowerPoint attempts to render HTML, but the specific details are unspecified. Note that the attacker must have specific knowledge of objects within the TIFF directory to retrieve them.

More information is available in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-010.

II. Impact

A remote attacker may be able to read sensitive information stored in the TIFF directory.

III. Solution

Apply an Update

Microsoft has addressed this issue in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-010.

Please see Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-010 for a list of workarounds to mitigate this vulnerability.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Notified	Date Updated
Microsoft Corporation	Vulnerable	14-Feb-2006

References

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-010.mspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316631

Credit

This vulnerability was reported in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-010. Microsoft credits Yorick Koster of ITsec Security Services with providing information regarding this issue.

This document was written by Jeff Gennari.

Other Information

Date Public:	2006-02-14
Date First Published:	2006-02-14
Date Last Updated:	2006-02-14
CERT Advisory:
CVE-ID(s):	CVE-2006-0004
NVD-ID(s):	CVE-2006-0004
US-CERT Technical Alerts:
Metric:	1.69
Document Revision:	5

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