Microsoft security alert.
January 10, 2006
Advisory overview
Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in the Enterprise TruRisk Platform to protect organizations against 2 vulnerabilities that were fixed in 2 bulletins announced today by Microsoft. Customers can immediately audit their networks for these and other new vulnerabilities by accessing their Qualys subscription. Visit Qualys Security Blog to prioritize remediation.
Non-Qualys customers can audit their network for these and other vulnerabilities by signing up for a Qualys Free Trial, or by trying Qualys Community Edition.
Vulnerability details
Microsoft has released 2 security bulletins to fix newly discovered flaws in their software. Qualys has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:
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Vulnerability In Embedded Web Fonts Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS06-002)
- Severity
- Urgent 5
- Qualys ID
- 90292
- Vendor Reference
- MS06-002
- CVE Reference
- CVE-2006-0010
- CVSS Scores
- Base 9.3 / Temporal 7.3
- Description
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A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows because of the way that it handles malformed embedded Web fonts. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a malicious embedded Web font that could potentially allow remote code execution if a user visits a malicious Web site or views a specially crafted email message.
Windows XP Embedded Systems:- For additional information regarding security updates for embedded systems, refer to the following MSDN blog(s):
February Security Updates are Available (KB908519)
- Consequence
- An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system.
- Solution
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Patch:
Following are links for downloading patches to fix the vulnerabilities:Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DC6C2FE8-3C81-4661-994B-4146775BF590Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6DAEA2AF-3723-4CDF-B5BD-B21AC75B5243Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1990B2CF-AE88-4849-AEAB-3F833969E197Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5FC12654-486F-45BF-8D34-BDF0998869C5Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium based Systems and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium based Systems :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E39D2E29-8934-4AA1-844D-11EFA57D9CC5Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=80B05C56-5BCE-4262-8142-AF0D8A7BC388Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-002 for further details.
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TNEF Decoding Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS06-003)
- Severity
- Critical 4
- Qualys ID
- 90291
- Vendor Reference
- MS06-003
- CVE Reference
- CVE-2006-0002
- CVSS Scores
- Base 7.5 / Temporal 5.5
- Description
- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Server because of the way that it decodes the Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) MIME attachment. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted TNEF message that could potentially allow remote code execution when a user opens or previews a malicious email message, or when the Microsoft Exchange Server Information Store processes the specially crafted message.
- Consequence
- An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system.
- Solution
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Patch:
Following are links for downloading patches to fix the vulnerabilities:Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (Microsoft Outlook 2000 ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=64D0336D-F962-4AB1-A724-9F6BA2108CB9Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (Microsoft Office 2000 MultiLanguage Packs ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2C0FA7C7-91AA-49B4-9731-9E83E3E0823DMicrosoft Office XP Service Pack 3 (Microsoft Outlook 2002 ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9A85CEBB-0D9A-465D-A4BC-AF501562772DMicrosoft Office XP Service Pack 3 (Microsoft Office XP Multilingual User Interface Packs ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CCA9399A-6DA3-4163-8398-C58DC328182BMicrosoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Outlook 2003 ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1D156043-B041-4305-8442-3C4E3B832788Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface Packs ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D69554AD-196F-4789-91E5-B2A753EED854Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Office 2003 Language Interface Packs ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=db080de8-8193-4c32-9019-9980ecd6874aMicrosoft Exchange Server (Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Service Pack 2 ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0A8DF1C3-ABF9-4A21-9B49-81FA362B251FMicrosoft Exchange Server (Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 4 ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=EC6BD30E-12DE-4CA1-9432-D2E73AF62427Microsoft Exchange Server (Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Pack 3 with the Exchange 2000 Post Service Pack 3 Update Rollup of August 2004 ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=372FF07F-C3CA-4301-8559-9B90344EDC02Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS06-003 for further details.
These new vulnerability checks are included in Qualys vulnerability signature 1.13.35-4. Each Qualys account is automatically updated with the latest vulnerability signatures as they become available. To view the vulnerability signature version in your account, from the Qualys Help menu, select the About tab.
Selective Scan Instructions Using Qualys
To perform a selective vulnerability scan, configure a scan profile to use the following options:
- Ensure access to TCP ports 135 and 139 are available.
- Enable Windows Authentication (specify Authentication Records).
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Enable the following Qualys IDs:
- 90292
- 90291
- If you would like the scan to return the Windows Hostname, also include QID 82044 and ensure access to UDP port 137 is available.
- If you would like to be notified if Qualys is unable to log on to a host (if Authentication fails), also include QID 105015.
In addition, prior to running a scan for these new vulnerabilities, you can estimate your exposure to these new threats by running the Risk Analysis Report, available from the Qualys Vulnerability Management Reports tab.
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About Qualys
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