Microsoft security alert.
December 12, 2006
Advisory overview
Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in the Enterprise TruRisk 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.
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 7 security bulletins to fix newly discovered flaws in their software. Qualys has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:
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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
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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-B5602B09C16AOutlook 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-B7B6A879ACB8Outlook Express 6 on Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=560E8778-9733-4719-A565-614FD490C320Outlook Express 6 on Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6BE4F4CE-ABD6-4A38-84A5-8952E3531217Outlook 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-B257-01AEB82647DFOutlook Express 6 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DDE5C141-DE6C-4DD9-8399-6E5DB0DCC574Outlook 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-D5F46707D017Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-076 for further details.
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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
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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
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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-BEA3-3FC501449D29Microsoft 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-5E359F5F0019Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Service Pack 2 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8B321744-B55E-4696-8B2C-B1D31672DA06Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8D841D1B-D0B1-46AF-87BD-7DAA8C31AF39Microsoft 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-3FC22340E600Microsoft 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-64A06BCDF219Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F56065CE-6D28-479B-80A7-E04022454DE9Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS06-072 for further details.
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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
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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-BE78512DCBFARefer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-073 for further details.
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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
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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
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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-e6db202b41d5Microsoft 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-f5063c627f91Microsoft 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-a19ef41652fcMicrosoft 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-e9e9a0c0fc65Microsoft 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-ac5e71402542Microsoft 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-74a6b0f323d0Microsoft 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-74a6b0f323d0Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4 (Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=e63ccdc3-a2ed-4ef6-b8a1-3f8be4b2726dMicrosoft Windows Media Player 6.4 (Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=e63ccdc3-a2ed-4ef6-b8a1-3f8be4b2726dFor a complete list of patch download links, please refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS06-078.
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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
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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
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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=ecc1e691-626b-405c-87d1-15931d1e4258Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2b57e00f-0f47-4567-b40f-f630ba5a29cbMicrosoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=65ab5876-7c9a-4add-8b6d-0fd7d617397aMicrosoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7856ee11-4f3a-4138-bfce-1b97fb25be69Microsoft 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-f57a70fa012eMicrosoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5b61249a-dba7-4fd5-85f3-b918044bbc92Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS06-074 for further details.
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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
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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=0ed62db9-4534-4f27-a49e-020c7a7d69e0Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS06-077 for further details.
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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
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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-4110-9694-844706a52db7Microsoft Windows Server 2003 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5ea314a2-d76a-46f9-853b-15ff03f8ad95Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium based Systems :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7bceaa11-f655-4e3c-a588-5c49097e970bRefer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-075 for further details.
These new vulnerability checks are included in Qualys vulnerability signature 1.16.28-3. 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:
- 90368
- 90371
- 115448
- 90367
- 90372
- 90370
- 90369
- 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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