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BackDoor.W32.Agent.afnn

 
Aliases:
Pattern:200912211330
Threat Type Propagation Methods Systems Affected Risk Level
  • Backdoor
  • Exploit Vulnerability
  • Windows NT
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 95/98/ME
  • MS-DOS
  • Other
  • Low
 
This malicious program exploits vulnerability CVE-2009-3672.
Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability.The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary condition error in the Microsoft HTML Viewer (mshtml.dll) when retrieving certain CSS/STYLE objects via the "getElementsByTagName()" method.By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted CSS page, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access a deleted a CSS/Style object to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the victim on the system.
Affected Version: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6

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