mso.dll, as used by Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 through 2003, allows user-assisted…
Priority LOW 39Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
mso.dll, as used by Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 through 2003, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed shape container in a PPT file that leads to memory corruption, as exploited by Trojan.PPDropper.B, a different issue than CVE-2006-1540 and CVE-2006-3493.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.14262 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2000 | Vulnerable | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2002 | Vulnerable | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2003 | Vulnerable | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2003 sp1 | Vulnerable | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2003 sp2 | Vulnerable | Microsoft |
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2000 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2002 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2003 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2003 sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2003 sp2 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-3590
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rh8h-gpvg-vg6q
References
More Microsoft Powerpoint vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-02130 Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2009-00535 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3, and PowerPoint in Microsoft… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2007-00655 Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, XP, 2003, and 2004 for Mac, and… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2010-02469 Buffer overflow in Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2010-00033 Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 SP3 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2004-00171 Buffer overflow in the JPEG (JPG) parsing engine in the Microsoft Graphic Device… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2006-3590 · CVE Program
- CVE-2006-3590 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rh8h-gpvg-vg6q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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