Vulnerability: MS10-016 - Vulnerability in Windows Movie Maker Could Allow Remote Code Execution (975561)

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Vulnerability name/brief description	MS10-016 - Vulnerability in Windows Movie Maker Could Allow Remote Code Execution (975561)
CVE/CAN name	CVE-2010-0265
Vendor threat level	Important
SophosLabs threat level	Medium
Solution	MS10-016
Vendor description	This security update addresses a privately reported vulnerability in Windows Movie Maker and Microsoft Producer 2003. Windows Live Movie Maker, which is available for Windows Vista and Windows 7, is not affected by this vulnerability. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker sent a specially crafted Movie Maker or Microsoft Producer project file and persuaded the user to open the specially crafted file. 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.
SophosLabs comments	The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker sent a specially crafted Movie Maker or Microsoft Producer project file and persuaded the user to open the specially crafted file. Given that no widespread exploitation of this vulnerability has surfaced, and a patch already exists, this vulnerability has been assigned a medium threat level.
SophosLabs testing result	N/A
Currently known exploits	At the time of writing SophosLabs have not observed any malware attempting to exploit this vulnerability. Should this situation change samples will be analyzed and we will take action as necessary.
First sample seen	N/A
Discovery date	9th March 2010
Affected software	Windows Movie Maker 2.1 Windows Movie Maker 2.6 Windows Movie Maker 6.0 Microsoft Producer 2003
References	http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-016.mspx http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=cve-2010-0265
Credits	MAPP
Revisions	9th March 2010 - Initial analysis written

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