Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in the handling of file names in the Microsoft SMB (Server Message Block) protocol, which can be exploited to cause a buffer underflow.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code, but requires access to a disk share.
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