A weakness has been identified in Macrovision InstallAnywhere, which could be exploited by malicious users to bypass security checks. This issue is caused by an error within the serial number and password validation process, which could be exploited by malicious users to install an application without a valid password or serial number by manipulating the "InstallScript.iap_xml" XML project configuration file.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Brian Reilly (Symantec)
ChangeLog
2007-04-18 : Initial release
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