# CVE-2006-3660: Other in n/a

> Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 allows user-assisted attacks with unknown impact via powerpnt.exe.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Jul 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9p5j-hvvw-r99g

## What is CVE-2006-3660?

CVE-2006-3660 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Powerpoint, published on 17 Jul 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 has unknown impact and user-assisted attack vectors related to powerpnt.exe. NOTE: due to the lack of available details as of 20060717, it is unclear how this is related to CVE-2006-3655, CVE-2006-3656, and CVE-2006-3590, although it is possible that they are all different.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3660?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microsoft Powerpoint.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-3660?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3660 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-3660 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-3660 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 - 'powerpnt.exe' Remote Overflow (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Powerpoint

- [CVE-2010-2572](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2572/): Microsoft PowerPoint Buffer Overflow (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2011-3396](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3396/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2011-1270](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1270/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2011-0976](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0976/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2010-3141](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3141/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-3660 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-3660 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Powerpoint, published on 17 Jul 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-3660 exists.

Affected product: Microsoft Powerpoint. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3660/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3660/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3660
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3660
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-3660

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