Microsoft security alert.
September 11, 2007
Advisory overview
Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in the Enterprise TruRisk Platform to protect organizations against 4 vulnerabilities that were fixed in 4 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 4 security bulletins to fix newly discovered flaws in their software. Qualys has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:
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Microsoft Agent Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS07-051)
- Severity
- Urgent 5
- Qualys ID
- 90408
- Vendor Reference
- MS07-051
- CVE Reference
- CVE-2007-3040
- CVSS Scores
- Base 9.3 / Temporal 7.3
- Description
- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Agent in the way that it handles certain specially crafted URLs.
- Consequence
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The vulnerability could allow an attacker to remotely execute code on the affected system.
Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
- 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=7cd248ed-d154-4dce-89ef-ceefd2700965Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS07-051 for further details.
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Crystal Reports for Visual Studio Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS07-052)
- Severity
- Critical 4
- Qualys ID
- 90409
- Vendor Reference
- MS07-052
- CVE Reference
- CVE-2006-6133
- CVSS Scores
- Base 7.6 / Temporal 6
- Description
- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way Crystal Reports for Visual Studio handles malformed RPT files. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending an affected user a malformed RPT file such as an email attachment, or hosting the file on a malicious or compromised Web site.
- Consequence
- An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local user.
- Solution
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Patch:
Following are links for downloading patches to fix the vulnerabilities:Visual Studio .NET 2002 Service Pack 1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2608C83B-E1B2-4449-9A0E-1E566AAC3D76Visual Studio .NET 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D612AD41-5A0D-4E13-99EA-D6A5589786D6Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0B10B04B-932C-4BFF-9CBC-B3EEB15064B1Visual Studio 2005:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21073CC2-919C-40DF-8EBB-AA3DB06050D2Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=967D43C8-EFBA-4221-BEB0-981E7DEEF33ARefer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-052 for further details.
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Windows Services for Unix Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (MS07-053)
- Severity
- Serious 3
- Qualys ID
- 115630
- Vendor Reference
- MS07-053
- CVE Reference
- CVE-2007-3036
- CVSS Scores
- Base 6.9 / Temporal 5.1
- Description
- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Services for Unix 3.0, Windows Services for Unix 3.5, and subsystems for Unix-based applications due to incorrectly handling of setuid binary files.
- Consequence
- An attacker could gain elevation of privilege on an affected system and take complete control.
- Solution
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Patch:
Following are links for downloading patches to fix the vulnerabilities:Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (Windows Services for UNIX 3.0):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=557f89fc-c5d9-4405-9007-1654abf92277Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (Windows Services for UNIX 3.5):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=70ae23c2-3ae8-4ea6-ba8d-8ac7e4f82663Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Windows Services for UNIX 3.0):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=557f89fc-c5d9-4405-9007-1654abf92277Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Windows Services for UNIX 3.5):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=70ae23c2-3ae8-4ea6-ba8d-8ac7e4f82663Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Windows Services for UNIX 3.0):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=557f89fc-c5d9-4405-9007-1654abf92277Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Windows Services for UNIX 3.5):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=70ae23c2-3ae8-4ea6-ba8d-8ac7e4f82663Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8ab5cc43-0b9c-45eb-aa51-47568ab6ce3fWindows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1d21e3e8-b5f6-4044-9db6-054af836492bWindow Vista (Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4d52e4f4-2888-42df-8163-85c648e65b29Windows Vista x64 Edition (Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4be667cc-c239-480b-a9a0-939bcd27f0deRefer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-053 for further details.
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MSN Messenger Video Conversation Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (MS07-054)
- Severity
- Critical 4
- Qualys ID
- 115620
- Vendor Reference
- MS07-054
- CVE Reference
- CVE-2007-2931
- CVSS Scores
- Base 9.3 / Temporal 7.3
- Description
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A vulnerability exists in MSN Messenger, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
It is caused due to an error in the handling of video conversations, and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via specially crafted data sent to a user.
- Consequence
- Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code, but requires that an unsuspecting user accepts the incoming Web Cam invitation.
- Solution
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Patch:
Following are links for downloading patches to fix the vulnerabilities:Windows XP Service Pack 2 (MSN Messenger 6.2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d78f2ff1-79ea-4066-8ba0-ddbed94864fc&DisplayLang=enWindows XP Service Pack 2 (MSN Messenger 7.0):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d78f2ff1-79ea-4066-8ba0-ddbed94864fc&DisplayLang=enWindows XP Service Pack 2 (MSN Messenger 7.5):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d78f2ff1-79ea-4066-8ba0-ddbed94864fc&DisplayLang=enWindows XP Service Pack 2 (Windows Live Messenger 8.0):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d78f2ff1-79ea-4066-8ba0-ddbed94864fc&DisplayLang=enWindows XP Professional x64 Edition (MSN Messenger 6.2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d78f2ff1-79ea-4066-8ba0-ddbed94864fc&DisplayLang=enWindows XP Professional x64 Edition (MSN Messenger 7.0):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d78f2ff1-79ea-4066-8ba0-ddbed94864fc&DisplayLang=enWindows XP Professional x64 Edition (MSN Messenger 7.5):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d78f2ff1-79ea-4066-8ba0-ddbed94864fc&DisplayLang=enWindows XP Professional x64 Edition (Windows Live Messenger 8.0):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d78f2ff1-79ea-4066-8ba0-ddbed94864fc&DisplayLang=enWindows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (MSN Messenger 6.2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d78f2ff1-79ea-4066-8ba0-ddbed94864fc&DisplayLang=enFor a complete list of patch download links, please refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-054.
These new vulnerability checks are included in Qualys vulnerability signature 1.18.49-5. 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:
- 90408
- 90409
- 115630
- 115620
- 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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