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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 21 April 2008 18:20:49 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 21 November 2008 20:41:29 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Troj/Mdrop-BRT is a dropper Trojan for the Windows platform.
Troj/Mdrop-BRT is a Microsoft PowerPoint file which typically arrives as an email attachment.
Troj/Mdrop-BRT attempts to exploit the Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Using a Malformed Routing Slip vulnerability' (MS06-012) in order to execute shell code when the PowerPoint file is opened.
This shell code attempts to drop and run a malicious Windows executable (detected separately).
