Trojan.Textcash

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered: March 28, 2006
Updated: March 29, 2006 12:58:58 AM
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

Trojan.Textcash is a Trojan horse that downloads and executes a file by exploiting the Microsoft Internet Explorer CreateTextRange Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (BID 17196).

Protection

  • Initial Rapid Release version March 28, 2006
  • Latest Rapid Release version March 28, 2006
  • Initial Daily Certified version March 28, 2006
  • Latest Daily Certified version June 17, 2008 revision 017
  • Initial Weekly Certified release date March 29, 2006

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Writeup By: Takayoshi Nakayama
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