Microsoft Security Bulletin for the Month of January

Number: AV10-003
Date: 12 January 2010

Purpose

The purpose of this advisory is to bring attention to the following vulnerability (critical) in some Microsoft products.

Assessment

Microsoft has released the following security bulletins:

MS10-001 - Critical - Vulnerability in the Embedded OpenType Font Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution (972270)

Details: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed content rendered in a specially crafted Embedded OpenType (EOT) font in client applications that can render EOT fonts, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, or Microsoft Office Word. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

Impact: Remote Code Execution
Maximum Severity Rating: Critical
Maximum Exploitability Index: Inconsistent exploit code likely Affected Products: Microsoft Windows CVE reference: CVE-2010-0018

Suggested action

CCIRC recommends that administrators test and deploy these updates at the earliest opportunity. Microsoft has published a risk matrix table to assist organizations in evaluating and prioritizing deployment of these security updates. This table is available at the following URL:

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/12/january-2010-security-bulletin-release.aspx

References:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-jan.mspx
   

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