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Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA20631	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-06-13
Last Update:	2006-07-14
Popularity:	10,290 views

Critical:	Highly critical
Impact:	System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Microsoft Windows Millenium

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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-2376

Description: Symantec has reported a vulnerability in certain old versions of Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow error in the graphics rendering engine when processing WMF (Windows Metafile) images. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow when a user e.g. visits a malicious web site. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. Solution: Apply patches. Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, and Windows Me: Patches are available from the Windows Update web site. Windows Me (Slovenian): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-BAB0-A525B3D3FBCF&displaylang=sl Windows Me (Slovakian): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-BAB0-A525B3D3FBCF&displaylang=sk Windows Me (Thai): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-BAB0-A525B3D3FBCF&displaylang=th Provided and/or discovered by: Peter Ferrie, Symantec. Changelog: 2006-06-15: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note. 2006-07-14: Added additional information. Original Advisory: MS06-026 (KB918547): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-026.mspx Symantec: http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2006-004.txt Other References: US-CERT VU#909508: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/909508

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