Users of MS OpenType please be advised of a CFF Parsing vulnerability that has been identified.
To view this vulnerability, possible remedies, and others please check out the Security Advisories at Critical Watch (http://criticalwatch.com/support/security-advisories.aspx)
Amplify’d from www.criticalwatch.com
CORE-2010-0624: [CORE-2010-0624] MS OpenType CFF Parsing Vulnerability
*Vulnerability Description*
While investigating the OpenType Compact Font Format vulnerability
disclosed in MS10-037, Diego Juarez discovered another kernel bug in the
parsing of OTF files. Loading a malformed OpenType font can cause the
entire system to crash. The vulnerability could be used locally by
attackers with access to an unprivileged account to elevate privileges
to those of a System Adminsitrator.
Read more at www.criticalwatch.com
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