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Sid
21567

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in expression design.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. 

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Detailed Information:
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Expression Design; Expression Design SP1; and Expression Design 2, 3, and 4 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .xpr or .DESIGN file, aka "Expression Design Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

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Affected Systems:
microsoft expression design -
microsoft expression design 2
microsoft expression design 3
microsoft expression design 4

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Simple. Exploits exist.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2012-0016:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0016
  
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