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Trillian MSN Overflow

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Acertains the version of Trillian.exe

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Trillian is a Peer2Peer client that permits users to chat and share files
with other users across the world. A bug has been reported in the MSN
portion of Trillian.

A remote attacker, exploiting this flaw, would be potentially able to execute
code on the client system running Trillian.

Solution: Upgrade to Trillian 0.74 patch J (or higher).
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 11142

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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