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Vulnerability Report: Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
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This vulnerability report for Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition contains a complete overview of all Secunia advisories affecting it. You can use this vulnerability report to ensure that you are aware of all vulnerabilities, both patched and unpatched, affecting this product allowing you to take the necessary precautions.
If you have information about a new or an existing vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition then you are more than welcome to contact us.
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Vendor, Links, and Unpatched Vulnerabilities
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Affected By
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32 Secunia advisories
21 Vulnerabilities
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Unpatched
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9% (3 of 32 Secunia advisories)
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Most Critical Unpatched
The most severe unpatched Secunia advisory affecting Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, with all vendor patches applied, is rated Less critical  .
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32 Secunia Advisories in 2003-2009
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Secunia has issued a total of 32 Secunia advisories in 2003-2009 for Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition. Currently, 9% (3 out of 32) are marked as unpatched with the most severe being rated Less critical
More information about the specific Secunia advisories affecting Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition can be found below. Each Secunia advisory is enclosed by a box highlighted with a color representing its current patch status. You can read the complete Secunia advisories for thorough descriptions of the issues covered and for solution suggestions by clicking either the Secunia advisory title or the "Read More" links available for each Secunia advisory.
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Release Date:
2006-06-13 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA20631 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short 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. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2006-05-09 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA20045 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2005-08-09 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA16354 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
Privilege escalation
System access
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Where:
From local network |
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Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges or by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2005-07-27 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA16210 |
Solution Status:
Unpatched |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
Local system |
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Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people with physical access to a vulnerable system to compromise it. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2005-07-12 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA16004 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2005-06-14 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA15669 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
iDEFENSE Labs has reported a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2005-06-14 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA15689 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
Spoofing
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to spoof certain information and potentially trick a user into installing a malicious program. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2005-04-12 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA14927 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
Privilege escalation
DoS
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Where:
Local system |
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Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or gain escalated privileges. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2005-03-07 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA14512 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
DoS
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2005-02-08 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA14190 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2005-02-08 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA14195 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
Anna Hollingzworth has reported a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2005-02-08 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA14193 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
Privilege escalation
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
Cesar Cerrudo has reported two vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges or by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2005-02-08 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA14174 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in various Microsoft products, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2004-12-25 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA13645 |
Solution Status:
Partial Fix |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
DoS
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
Flashsky has reported some vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, allowing malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system or cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]
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Release Date:
2004-12-14 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA13462 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2004-10-13 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA12808 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2004-10-12 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA12804 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), gain escalated privileges, or compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2004-07-13 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA12059 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
Security Bypass
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
Microsoft has issued an update for Windows. This fixes two vulnerabilities, allowing malicious websites to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2004-07-12 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA12047 |
Solution Status:
Unpatched |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
Security Bypass
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
Marc Schoenefeld has reported a vulnerability in Microsoft Java Virtual Machine, allowing Java applets originating from different domains to communicate. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2004-06-08 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA11802 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
DoS
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
John Lampe has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft DirectPlay, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]
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Release Date:
2004-04-26 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA11482 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
From local network |
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Short Description:
Rodrigo Gutierrez has discovered a vulnerability in Windows and Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2003-07-23 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA9335 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in DirectX allowing malicious people to gain system access. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2003-06-25 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA9113 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
DoS
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in all supported Windows versions, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2003-04-09 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA8559 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
A vulnerability identified in Microsoft VM (Virtual Machine) shipped with almost all versions of Windows (except some versions of Windows XP) can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2003-03-19 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA8346 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
A vulnerability identified in all currently supported versions of Microsoft Windows can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2003-02-20 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA8099 |
Solution Status:
Unpatched |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
DoS
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
A vulnerability in Windows can be exploited by malicious people to crash certain applications on a user's system. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2002-12-12 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA7687 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
Microsoft has issued a new build of their virtual machine, it fixes a number of issues, some which previously has been published by Secunia. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2002-11-20 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA7567 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
Remote Data Services (RDS) which is part of Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) contains a buffer overflow allowing attackers to run arbitrary code. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2002-10-03 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA7199 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
The HTML Help facility contains a number of vulnerabilities, which possibly could allow attackers to gain system access. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2002-10-03 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA7198 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
Two vulnerabilities exists in the zip funtion included in Windows XP/ME/98, these could allow attackers to gain system access. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2002-09-19 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA7129 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
System access
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
Microsoft has issued patches to three vulnerabilities in VM JDBC. [Read More]
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Release Date:
2002-09-05 |
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA7072 |
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch |
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Criticality:
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Impact:
Spoofing
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Where:
From remote |
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Short Description:
Microsoft admits that a critical flaw exists in its Crypto API which evaluates certificates. [Read More]
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