Trojan.Vimalov

Trojan.Vimalov is a Trojan horse that downloads and executes a file from the Internet by exploiting the Microsoft Internet Explorer Vector Markup Language Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (described in Bugtraq ID 20096).

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version September 19, 2006
• Latest Rapid Release version June 28, 2008 revision 022
• Initial Daily Certified version September 19, 2006
• Latest Daily Certified version June 28, 2008 revision 021
• Initial Weekly Certified release date September 20, 2006

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 0 - 49
• Number of Sites: 0 - 2
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low