A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft PowerPoint, which could be exploited by remote attackers to disclose sensitive information. This flaw is due to an error caused by the interaction between the application and the browser when rendering HTML data, which could be exploited by remote attackers to access objects in the Temporary Internet Files Folder (TIFF) and gain knowledge of sensitive information that could be used to try to further compromise the affected system.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Yorick Koster and Andreas Sandblad
ChangeLog
2006-02-14 : Initial release
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