Summary
This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS08-071.
Impact
Successful exploitation could allow execution of arbitrary code on the remote system and cause heap based buffer overflow via a specially crafted WMF file.
Impact Level: System
Solution
Run Windows Update and update the listed hotfixes or download and update mentioned hotfixes in the advisory from the below link.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-071.mspx
Insight
The flaw is due to,
- an overflow error in GDI when processing headers in Windows Metafile (WMF) files.
- an error in the the way the GDI handles file size parameters in WMF files.
Affected
Microsoft Windows 2K/XP/2003/Vista/2008 Server
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-2249, CVE-2008-3465 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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