Microsoft security alert.

Advisory overview

Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in the Qualys Cloud Platform to protect organizations against 10 vulnerabilities that were fixed in 7 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.

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Vulnerability details

Microsoft has released 7 security bulletins to fix newly discovered flaws in their software. Qualys has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:

• Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express (MS06-076)

  Severity

  Urgent 5

  Qualys ID

  90368

  Vendor Reference

  MS06-076

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2006-2386

  CVSS Scores

  Base 6.8 / Temporal 5

  Description

  A remote code execution vulnerability in a component of Outlook Express could allow an attacker who sends a Windows Address Book file to a user of an affected system to take complete control of the system.

  Consequence

  If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less affected than users who operate with administrative user rights.

  Solution

  Patch:
  Following are links for downloading patches to fix the vulnerabilities:

  Outlook Express 5.5 Service Pack 2 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CB0563FB-A05D-4D9D-B269-B5602B09C16A

  Outlook Express 6 Service Pack 1 when installed on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1F0432D4-3F45-472E-8C2D-B7B6A879ACB8

  Outlook Express 6 on Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=560E8778-9733-4719-A565-614FD490C320

  Outlook Express 6 on Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6BE4F4CE-ABD6-4A38-84A5-8952E3531217

  Outlook Express 6 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FE358108-15DF-4ED9-B257-01AEB82647DF

  Outlook Express 6 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DDE5C141-DE6C-4DD9-8399-6E5DB0DCC574

  Outlook Express 6 on Microsoft 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=7D3FEA7A-DDC0-4A22-A8B3-D5F46707D017

  Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-076 for further details.

• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (MS06-072)

  Severity

  Urgent 5

  Qualys ID

  90371

  Vendor Reference

  MS06-072

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2006-5577, CVE-2006-5578, CVE-2006-5579, CVE-2006-5581

  CVSS Scores

  Base 9.3 / Temporal 6.9

  Description

  The Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (MS06-072) resolves the following vulnerabilities that currently exist in Internet Explorer:

  - Script Error Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability
  - DHTML Script Function Memory Corruption Vulnerability
  - TIF Folder Information Disclosure Vulnerability

  Consequence

  Successful exploitation of these issues allows a total compromise of the affected system.

  Solution

  Patch:
  Following are links for downloading patches to fix the vulnerabilities:

  Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 on Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1D28E62C-09D3-4F38-BEA3-3FC501449D29

  Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 when installed on Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3CFC32FC-85CA-4EDA-890D-5E359F5F0019

  Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Service Pack 2 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8B321744-B55E-4696-8B2C-B1D31672DA06

  Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8D841D1B-D0B1-46AF-87BD-7DAA8C31AF39

  Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3E3A9693-D21B-4214-A16C-3FC22340E600

  Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium based Systems :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9E3F7A2C-BFE1-48C5-8A8A-64A06BCDF219

  Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F56065CE-6D28-479B-80A7-E04022454DE9

  Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS06-072 for further details.

• Visual Studio 2005 Vulnerability Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS06-073)

  Severity

  Critical 4

  Qualys ID

  115448

  Vendor Reference

  MS06-073

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2006-4704

  CVSS Scores

  Base 6.8 / Temporal 5.9

  Description

  A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the WMI Object Broker control that the WMI Wizard uses in Visual Studio 2005.

  Consequence

  The vulnerability may allow malicious code to be executed in an unsuspecting user's browser.

  Solution

  Patch:
  Following are links for downloading patches to fix the vulnerabilities:

  Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?FamilyId=C2682C53-8E9A-4C7D-B782-BE78512DCBFA

  Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-073 for further details.

• Windows Media Format Vulnerability Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS06-078)

  Severity

  Critical 4

  Qualys ID

  90367

  Vendor Reference

  MS06-078

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2006-6134

  CVSS Scores

  Base 7.5 / Temporal 6.2

  Description

  Windows Media Player is exposed to a denial of service issue because it fails to properly handle overly long playlist file names. An attacker can exploit this issue by tricking an unsuspecting user into opening a malicious ASX playlist file containing an overly long filename. As a result, the Windows Media Player application will stop responding, effectively denying service to legitimate users of the application.

  Windows XP Embedded Systems:- For additional information regarding security updates for embedded systems, refer to the following MSDN blog(s):

  August 2007 Monthly Security Updates are Now Available on the ECE (KB925398)
  July 2007 Supplemental Updates (for Desktop Installer Tool) are available (KB923689)
  

  Consequence

  An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users.

  Solution

  Patch:
  Following are links for downloading patches to fix the vulnerabilities:

  Microsoft Windows Media Format 7.1 through 9.5 Series Runtime on the following operating system versions (Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 ):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=ef2dbcb6-cc8e-4299-a1e6-e6db202b41d5

  Microsoft Windows Media Format 7.1 through 9.5 Series Runtime on the following operating system versions (Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 ):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=19ca4b44-2b60-4270-9c42-f5063c627f91

  Microsoft Windows Media Format 7.1 through 9.5 Series Runtime on the following operating system versions (Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition ):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7322327f-abd9-4595-98dd-a19ef41652fc

  Microsoft Windows Media Format 7.1 through 9.5 Series Runtime on the following operating system versions (Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 ):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0cb64ad7-9b54-4e26-9125-e9e9a0c0fc65

  Microsoft Windows Media Format 7.1 through 9.5 Series Runtime on the following operating system versions (Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition ):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2203c66c-6722-42d5-a7dc-ac5e71402542

  Microsoft Windows Media Format 9.5 Series Runtime x64 Edition on the following operating system versions (Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition ):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=c5ece3cd-ac7b-46b4-99dc-74a6b0f323d0

  Microsoft Windows Media Format 9.5 Series Runtime x64 Edition on the following operating system versions (Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition ):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=c5ece3cd-ac7b-46b4-99dc-74a6b0f323d0

  Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4 (Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 ):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=e63ccdc3-a2ed-4ef6-b8a1-3f8be4b2726d

  Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4 (Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 ):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=e63ccdc3-a2ed-4ef6-b8a1-3f8be4b2726d

  For a complete list of patch download links, please refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS06-078.

• SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS06-074)

  Severity

  Critical 4

  Qualys ID

  90372

  Vendor Reference

  MS06-074

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2006-5583

  CVSS Scores

  Base 10 / Temporal 7.8

  Description

  The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an application layer protocol that facilitates the exchange of management information between network devices.

  The target Microsoft Windows machine has a version of SNMP which is vulnerable to a memory corruption issue.

  Consequence

  An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system.

  Solution

  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=ecc1e691-626b-405c-87d1-15931d1e4258

  Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2b57e00f-0f47-4567-b40f-f630ba5a29cb

  Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=65ab5876-7c9a-4add-8b6d-0fd7d617397a

  Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7856ee11-4f3a-4138-bfce-1b97fb25be69

  Microsoft 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=c1b01b91-c565-4d1f-90ec-f57a70fa012e

  Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5b61249a-dba7-4fd5-85f3-b918044bbc92

  Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS06-074 for further details.

• Remote Installation Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS06-077)

  Severity

  Critical 4

  Qualys ID

  90370

  Vendor Reference

  MS06-077

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2006-5584

  CVSS Scores

  Base 7.5 / Temporal 5.5

  Description

  The Remote Installation Service enables a TFTP service on the server which by default could allow an anonymous user to potentially overwrite existing operating system files or upload a specially crafted file.

  Consequence

  Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to compromise operating system installs offered by the RIS server.

  Solution

  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=0ed62db9-4534-4f27-a49e-020c7a7d69e0

  Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS06-077 for further details.

• Windows Privilege Elevation Vulnerability (MS06-075)

  Severity

  Serious 3

  Qualys ID

  90369

  Vendor Reference

  MS06-075

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2006-5585

  CVSS Scores

  Base 7.2 / Temporal 5.3

  Description

  A privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Windows starts applications with specially crafted file manifests.

  Consequence

  This vulnerability could allow a logged on user to take complete control of the system.

  Solution

  Patch:
  Following are links for downloading patches to fix the vulnerabilities:

  Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=966704b5-1a7e-4110-9694-844706a52db7

  Microsoft Windows Server 2003 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5ea314a2-d76a-46f9-853b-15ff03f8ad95

  Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium based Systems :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7bceaa11-f655-4e3c-a588-5c49097e970b

  Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-075 for further details.

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