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Published Jan 13, 2011 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Exploit:Win32/CVE-2010-2572.A

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Exploit/Cve-2010-2572 (AhnLab) PPT/Dropper.A (Command) Exploit.MSPPoint.Agent.y (Kaspersky) Exploit.PowerPoint.4 (Dr.Web) Exploit.MSPPoint.Agent (Ikarus) Exploit-PPT.j (McAfee) Troj/ExpPPT-A (Sophos) TROJ_PPDROP.FES (Trend Micro) CVE-2010-2572 (other)

Summary

Exploit:Win32/CVE-2010-2572.A is the detection for specially-crafted Microsoft Powerpoint files that exploit a vulnerability addressed by Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-088. This vulnerability may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code that can drop files, install programs or modify data without the user's knowledge or consent.
To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may be installed on your computer, run a full-system scan with an appropriate, up-to-date, security solution. The following Microsoft products will detect and remove this threat:
 
 
For more information on antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/.
Update vulnerable applications
This threat exploits a known vulnerability in Microsoft Powerpoint. After removing this threat, make sure that you install the updates available from Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-088.
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