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| Rule General Information |
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| Release Date: | 2015-05-21 | |
| Rule Name: | Microsoft Windows 'win32k.sys' Truetype Font Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2014-4148) | |
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| Description: | win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font, as exploited in the wild in October 2014, aka "TrueType Font Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." | |
| Impact: | An attacker can execute arbitrary code via a successful exploit in the context of the vulnerable software. | |
| Affected OS: | Windows | |
| Reference: | MicrosoftSecurityBulletin:MS14-058 SecurityFocusBID:70429 |
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| Solutions |
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| Microsoft has released a patch MS14-058 to eliminate the vulnerability. The patch can be downloaded at http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS14-058 |