Trojan.PSPBrick

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: October 6, 2005
Updated:: February 13, 2007 12:45:11 PM
Type:: Trojan Horse
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

Initial Rapid Release version October 7, 2005
Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
Initial Daily Certified version October 7, 2005
Latest Daily Certified version August 20, 2008 revision 016
Initial Weekly Certified release date October 7, 2005

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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: Difficult

Damage

Damage Level: High

Distribution

Distribution Level: Low

Writeup By: Paul Mangan

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