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Discovered:
- October 6, 2005
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Updated:
- February 13, 2007 12:45:11 PM
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Type:
- Trojan Horse
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Systems Affected:
- Other
Trojan.PSPBrick is a Trojan horse that deletes critical system files on a Playstation Portable device, preventing the device from restarting correctly. It does this by exploiting the Sony PSP Photo Viewer TIFF Image Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (
as described in Bugtraq ID 14938).
Antivirus Protection Dates
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Initial Rapid Release version October 7, 2005
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Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
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Initial Daily Certified version October 7, 2005
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Latest Daily Certified version August 20, 2008 revision 016
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Initial Weekly Certified release date October 7, 2005
Click for a more detailed description of Rapid Release and Daily Certified virus definitions.
Threat Assessment
Wild
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Wild Level: Low
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Number of Infections: 0 - 49
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Number of Sites: 0 - 2
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Geographical Distribution: Low
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Threat Containment: Easy
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Removal: Difficult
Writeup By: Paul Mangan
