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>> Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS07-010)

Title : Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS07-010)
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-0579
CVE ID : CVE-2006-5270
CWE ID : VUPEN VNS Only
CVSS V2 : VUPEN VNS Only
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-02-13


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A vulnerability has been identified in various Microsoft products, which could be exploited by attackers or malware to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is due to an integer overflow error in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (mpengine.dll) when processing a specially crafted PDF file, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands e.g. by sending an email containing a malicious file to a system being protected by a vulnerable application.

Affected Products

Microsoft Windows Live OneCare
Microsoft Antigen for Exchange 9.x
Microsoft Antigen for SMTP Gateway 9.x
Microsoft Windows Defender
Microsoft Windows Defender x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Defender in Windows Vista
Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server
Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint

Solution

Upgrade to the latest Microsoft Malware Protection Engine update.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0579
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-010.mspx

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Neel Mehta and Alex Wheeler (ISS X-Force)

ChangeLog

2007-02-13 : Initial release

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