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Vulnerability Assessment Details

Cumulative VM update

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Acertains the version of JView.exe

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through the WM.

Description :

The Microsoft VM is a virtual machine for the Win32 operating environment.

There are numerous security flaws in the remote Microsoft VM which
could permit a possible hacker to execute arbitrary code on this host.

To exploit this flaw, a possible hacker would need to set up a malicious
web site with a rogue Java applet and lure the user of this host
to visit it. The java applet could then execute arbitrary commands
on this host.

Solution :

Microsoft has released a set of patches for the Windows WM :

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-013.mspx

Network Security Threat Level:

High / CVSS Base Score : 8
(AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:C/A:C/I:C/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 4228, 4392

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Tenable Network Security

Workstation Components, Memory

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