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| Rule General Information |
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| Release Date: | 2015-07-24 | |
| Rule Name: | FILE-OTHER Windows Adobe Type Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2015-2426) | |
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| Rule Protection Details |
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| Description: | Buffer underflow in atmfd.dll in the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library in Microsoft 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 OpenType font, aka "OpenType Font Driver Vulnerability." | |
| Impact: | An attacker can abtain more privileges which he is not entitled to by exloiting the vulnerability, such as executing arbitrary code, deleting files, viewing sensitive information, changing configurations. | |
| Affected OS: | Windows | |
| Reference: | MicrosoftSecurityBulletin:MS15-078 SecurityFocusBID:75951 |
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| Solutions |
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| Microsoft has released a patch MS15-078 to eliminate the vulnerability. The patch can be downloaded at http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-078 |