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Title : Macrovision InstallAnywhere Service Installation Password and Serial Bypass Weakness
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-1433
CVE ID : CVE-2007-1009
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-04-18

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A weakness has been identified in Macrovision InstallAnywhere, which could be exploited by malicious users to bypass security checks [...]

Solution

Upgrade to version 8.0.1 :
http://www.macrovision.com/support/eservice_login.shtml

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Brian Reilly (Symantec)

ChangeLog

2007-04-18 : Initial release

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