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Risk High Date Discovered April 12, 2016 Description Microsoft Office is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability because it fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial of service conditions. […]
Risk High Date Discovered April 12, 2016 Description Microsoft Office is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability because it fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial of service conditions. […]
Risk High Date Discovered April 12, 2016 Description Microsoft XML Core Services is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed attacks will cause denial-of-service conditions. Technologies Affected Microsoft Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems Microsoft Windows 10 for x64-based […]
Risk High Date Discovered April 12, 2016 Description Microsoft Office is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability because it fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial of service conditions. […]
Risk High Date Discovered April 12, 2016 Description Microsoft Office is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability because it fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial of service conditions. […]
Risk Medium Date Discovered April 12, 2016 Description Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability that occurs in the Windows kernel. A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode with elevated privileges. Recommendations Permit local access for trusted individuals only. Where possible, use restricted environments and restricted […]
Risk High Date Discovered April 12, 2016 Description Microsoft Windows is prone to a memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application. Failed attacks will cause denial-of-service conditions. Technologies Affected Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SP2 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 Microsoft Live […]
Risk Medium Date Discovered April 12, 2016 Description Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability that occurs in the Windows kernel. A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode with elevated privileges. Recommendations Permit local access for trusted individuals only. Where possible, use restricted environments and restricted […]
Discovered: April 11, 2016 Updated: April 12, 2016 11:07:13 AM Type: Trojan Infection Length: Varies Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP Antivirus Protection Dates Initial Rapid Release version April 11, 2016 revision 039 Latest Rapid Release version […]
Discovered: April 6, 2016 Updated: April 6, 2016 3:00:24 PM Type: Trojan Infection Length: Varies Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows Vista, Windows XP Trojan.Ransomcrypt.AE is a Trojan horse that encrypts files on the compromised computer and asks the user to pay in order to decrypt them. Antivirus […]
Discovered: April 6, 2016 Updated: April 6, 2016 1:21:55 PM Type: Trojan Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP Trojan.Cryptolocker.AL is a Trojan horse that encrypts files on the compromised computer. It then asks the user to pay […]
Discovered: April 4, 2016 Updated: April 5, 2016 8:48:04 AM Type: Trojan Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP Infostealer.Fakepude is a Trojan horse that steals information from the compromised computer. Antivirus Protection Dates Initial Rapid Release version […]
Discovered: April 1, 2016 Updated: April 4, 2016 9:50:42 AM Type: Trojan Infection Length: Varies Systems Affected: Linux, Solaris, Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP PHP.Ransomcrypt.B is a Trojan horse that encrypts files on the compromised server. Antivirus Protection […]
Discovered: April 4, 2016 Updated: April 4, 2016 11:38:57 PM Type: Worm Infection Length: 262,144 bytes Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP W32.Ransomlock.AP is a is a worm that locks the desktop, making the compromised computer unusable. […]
Risk High Date Discovered March 8, 2016 Description Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge are prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a specially crafted web page. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed […]
Discovered: April 1, 2016 Updated: April 1, 2016 3:49:26 PM Type: Worm Infection Length: 526,336 bytes Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP W32.Woniore is a worm that spreads through removable drives. It also downloads potentially […]
Discovered: April 1, 2016 Updated: April 1, 2016 2:17:04 PM Type: Trojan Infection Length: Varies Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP Trojan.Huntpos is a Trojan horse that steals information from the compromised computer. Antivirus Protection Dates Initial […]
Trojan.Ransomcrypt.AG is a Trojan horse that encrypts files on the compromised computer and asks the user to pay in order to decrypt them. For more information on ransomware threats, please see the following resource: The dawn of ransomwear: How ransomware could move to wearable devices
Discovered: March 30, 2016 Updated: March 30, 2016 10:56:21 AM Type: Trojan Infection Length: 32,743 bytes Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP Trojan.Annieco is a Trojan horse that steals information from the compromised computer. Antivirus Protection Dates […]
Risk Medium Date Discovered August 12, 2008 Description Microsoft Windows Messenger is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to visit a malicious HTML page. Successfully exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information that may aid in further attacks. Technologies Affected Microsoft Windows […]
Risk High Date Discovered June 17, 2008 Description Microsoft Word is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this issue by enticing a victim to open and interact with malicious Word files. Successfully exploiting this issue will corrupt memory and crash the application. Given the nature of this issue, attackers may also […]
Discovered: March 29, 2016 Updated: March 29, 2016 1:49:56 PM Type: Trojan Infection Length: Varies Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP Trojan.Cryptolocker.AJ is a Trojan horse that encrypts files on the compromised computer. Symantec Security Response is […]
Risk High Date Discovered February 5, 2015 Description Adobe Flash Player is prone to multiple unspecified security vulnerabilities. Attackers can exploit these issues to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application. Failed attacks may cause denial-of-service conditions. Recommendations Run all software as a nonprivileged user with minimal access rights. […]
Discovered: March 26, 2016 Updated: March 28, 2016 2:05:38 PM Type: Trojan Infection Length: Varies Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows Vista, Windows XP Trojan.Ransomcrypt.AF is a Trojan horse that encrypts files on the compromised computer and asks the user to pay in order to decrypt them. For […]
Discovered: March 23, 2016 Updated: March 24, 2016 3:19:59 PM Also Known As: RANSOM_MAKTUB.A [Trend] Type: Trojan Infection Length: Varies Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP Trojan.Cryptolocker.AI is a Trojan horse that encrypts files on the compromised […]
Discovered: March 21, 2016 Updated: March 22, 2016 10:29:37 AM Type: Trojan Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP Infostealer.Olymvis is a Trojan horse that steals information from the compromised computer. Antivirus Protection Dates Initial Rapid Release version […]
Risk High Date Discovered March 8, 2016 Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a specially crafted webpage. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed attacks will cause […]
Risk High Date Discovered March 8, 2016 Description Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge are prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a specially crafted web page. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed […]
Discovered: March 11, 2016 Updated: March 11, 2016 1:03:13 PM Type: Trojan Infection Length: varies Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP Backdoor.Pepperat is a Trojan horse that opens a back door and steals information from the compromised […]
Discovered: March 10, 2016 Updated: March 10, 2016 4:37:23 PM Type: Trojan Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP Infostealer.Nemeot is a Trojan horse that steals information from the compromised computer. Antivirus Protection Dates Initial Rapid Release version […]
Discovered: March 9, 2016 Updated: March 9, 2016 2:02:32 PM Type: Trojan Systems Affected: Linux Linux.Tsunami is a Trojan horse for Linux computers that may perform malicious activity. Symantec Security Response is currently investigating this threat and will post more information as it becomes available. Antivirus Protection Dates Initial Rapid Release version March 9, 2016 […]
Discovered: March 8, 2016 Updated: March 8, 2016 11:30:37 AM Type: Trojan Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP Downloader.Poshedo is a Trojan horse that downloads malicious files to the compromised computer. Antivirus Protection Dates Initial Rapid Release […]
Discovered: March 6, 2016 Updated: March 8, 2016 2:01:58 AM Type: Trojan Infection Length: Varies Systems Affected: Mac OS X OSX.Keranger is a Trojan horse for Mac OS X computers that encrypts files on the compromised computer and asks the user to pay in order to decrypt them. For more information, please see the following […]
Discovered: March 4, 2016 Updated: March 4, 2016 2:54:01 PM Type: Trojan Infection Length: Varies Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Vista, Windows XP Trojan.Snifula.F!gm is a heuristic detection used to detect threats associated with the Trojan.Snifula.F family. Antivirus Protection Dates Initial Rapid Release version March 4, 2016 revision 019 […]
PHP.Cryptolocker.G is a Trojan horse that encrypts files on the compromised computer and then prompts the user to purchase a password in order to decrypt them. For more information on ransomware, see our blog: The dawn of ransomwear: How ransomware could move to wearable devices
Risk High Date Discovered February 12, 2008 Description Microsoft Publisher is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this issue by enticing a victim to open a malicious Publisher file. Successfully exploiting this issue would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Technologies Affected […]
Risk High Date Discovered February 12, 2008 Description Microsoft Publisher is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this issue by enticing a victim to open a malicious Publisher file. Successfully exploiting this issue would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Technologies Affected […]
Risk High Date Discovered February 23, 2007 Description Microsoft Office Publisher is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to open a maliciously crafted Publisher file. Successful exploits may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user running the application. This may […]
Discovered: March 2, 2016 Updated: March 2, 2016 9:33:30 PM Type: Trojan Systems Affected: Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Vista, Windows XP Java.Bozmub is a Trojan horse that may steal information from the compromised computer and download malicious files. Antivirus Protection Dates […]
Discovered: March 2, 2016 Updated: March 2, 2016 3:55:49 PM Type: Trojan Infection Length: Varies Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows Vista, Windows XP Trojan.Ransomcrypt.AE is a Trojan horse that encrypts files on the compromised computer and asks the user to pay in order to decrypt them. For […]
Discovered: March 1, 2016 Updated: March 1, 2016 2:44:09 PM Type: Trojan Infection Length: Varies Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP Backdoor.Elpman is a Trojan horse that opens a back door on the compromised computer. Antivirus Protection […]
Discovered: February 26, 2016 Updated: February 26, 2016 6:06:10 PM Type: Trojan Infection Length: Varies W97M.Downloader.F is a Word macro Trojan that downloads additional malware. For more information, please see the following resources: Antivirus Protection Dates Initial Rapid Release version February 26, 2016 revision 024 Latest Rapid Release version February 26, 2016 revision 024 Initial […]
Discovered: February 23, 2016 Updated: February 24, 2016 12:22:47 PM Type: Trojan Infection Length: 82,444 bytes Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP Backdoor.Rifelku is a Trojan horse that opens a back door on the compromised computer. Antivirus […]