Added: 05/14/2009
CVE: CVE-2009-0227
BID: 34882
OSVDB: 54384
Microsoft PowerPoint is presentation software included in the Microsoft Office desktop suite.
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Legacy File Format conversion filter (**PP4X322.dll**
) allows command execution when a user opens a PowerPoint 4.0 file containing a Printer record structure with a specially crafted driver string.
Apply the update referenced in Microsoft Security Bulletin 09-017.
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS09-017.mspx>
Exploit works on Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 and requires a user to open the exploit file in Microsoft PowerPoint.
There may be a delay before the exploit succeeds after the user opens the exploit file.
Windows XP