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Trojan:W32/PFV-Exploit

Name : Trojan:W32/PFV-Exploit
Category:Malware
Type:Trojan
Platform:W32

Summary

Also known as a trojan horse program, this is a deceptive program that performs additional actions without the user's knowledge or permission. It does not replicate.

Additional Details

Trojan:W32/PFV-Exploit is a detection for files containing an exploit for a vulnerability in Windows WMF (Windows Metafile) handling. The vulnerability may be exploited either locally or remotely, if an attacker can trick the user into viewing a specially crafted WMF file. Possible attack scenarios are:

  •  When user visits malicious web site containing a specially crafted WMF file
  •  When user views malicious WMF file (locally or network share)
  •  When user opens email containing malicious WMF

 A new exploit targeting this vulnerability was found in the wild in December 28th 2005.


More

According to Microsoft, the following versions of Windows are affected by the flaw:

  •  Windows 2000 SP4
  •  Windows XP SP1
  •  Windows XP SP2
  •  Windows XP Professional x64
  •  Windows Server 2003
  •  Windows Server 2003 SP1
  •  Windows Server 2003 Itanium
  •  Windows Server 2003 Itanium SP1
  •  Windows Server 2003 x64
  •  Windows 98SE, ME


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