Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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Windows Applications Insecure Library Loading
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TITLE:
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Insecure Library Loading
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40983
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RELEASE DATE:
2010-09-13
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Visual C++
Redistributable, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due certain MFC libraries loading other
libraries in an insecure manner (e.g. mfc90u.dll when loading
dwmapi.dll). This can be exploited to load arbitrary libraries by
tricking a user into opening a file located on a remote WebDAV or SMB
share in an application linking against the vulnerable MFC libraries.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 9.0.30729.4148. Other
versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted files.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by various people in a number of applications bundling
vulnerable versions of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable.
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