Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Microsoft Malware Protection Engine PDF File Parsing Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24146
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24146/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Microsoft Windows Vista
http://secunia.com/product/13223/
SOFTWARE:
Microsoft Windows Defender
http://secunia.com/product/13464/
Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint
http://secunia.com/product/13488/
Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server
http://secunia.com/product/13487/
Microsoft Antigen 9.x
http://secunia.com/product/13422/
Microsoft Windows Live OneCare
http://secunia.com/product/13486/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Malware Protection
Engine, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow error when
parsing PDF (Portable Document Format) files. This can be exploited
to cause a buffer overflow when a specially crafted PDF file is
scanned.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
SOLUTION:
Apply the latest Microsoft Malware Protection Engine update.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Neel Mehta and Alex Wheeler, ISS X-Force.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS07-010 (KB932135):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-010.mspx
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