CVE-1999-1474

Summary

CVE-1999-1474 is a vulnerability affecting PowerPoint 95 and 97 where remote attackers can trigger an application to run automatically, without user prompting, upon opening a PowerPoint document in browsers like Internet Explorer. This could potentially lead to the execution of malicious code, posing a significant security risk. The slide show feature in PowerPoint is particularly susceptible to this exploit.

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