Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse pptimpconv.dll that is located in the same folder as a .odp, .pot, .potm, .potx, .ppa, .pps, .ppsm, .ppsx, .ppt, .pptm, .pptx, .pwz, .sldm, or .sldx file.
Public exploits
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Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 2
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 - 'rpawinet.dll' DLL Hijacking EDB-14782 · local · Aug 25, 2010
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 - 'pptimpconv.dll' DLL Hijacking EDB-14723 · local · Aug 24, 2010
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References
- 14723 exploit