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Saturday, 16 January 2010 05:29 |
On Tuesday, January 12th, Microsoft released security update MS10-001 - Vulnerability in the Embedded OpenType Font Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution (972270) This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed content rendered in a specially crafted Embedded OpenType (EOT) font in client applications that can render EOT fonts, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, or Microsoft Office Word. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. This security update is rated Critical for Microsoft Windows 2000, and is rated Low for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2. Microsoft ratings for MS10-001: Maximum Severity Rating - Critical Impact of Vulnerability - Remote Code Execution MS10-001 addresses the following CVE: Microtype Express Compressed Fonts Integer Flaw in the LZCOMP Decompressor Vulnerability - CVE-2010-0018 http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0018 A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Microsoft Windows Embedded OpenType (EOT) Font Engine decompresses specially crafted EOT fonts. If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who
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