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TITLE:
Google Earth Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42524

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-12-06

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Google Earth, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to the application loading libraries
(e.g. wintab32.dll and quserex.dll) in an insecure manner. This can
be exploited to load arbitrary libraries by tricking a user into e.g.
opening a KMZ file located on a remote WebDAV or SMB share.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 5.1.3533.1731. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Upgrade to version 6.0.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Taeho Kwon and Zhendong Su

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/research/tech-reports/2010/CSE-2010-2.pdf

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