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Microsoft Security Intelligence
Published Mar 16, 2011 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Trojan:Win32/Malfws.A

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: CVE-2011-0609 (other)

Summary

Trojan:Win32/Malfws.A is a detection for a malicious Microsoft Excel data file that contains an embedded Shockwave Flash file that exploits a vulnerability described in CVE-2011-0609 and Adobe Security Advisory APSA11-01.
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