Microsoft security alert.

Advisory overview

Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in the Enterprise TruRisk Platform to protect organizations against 8 vulnerabilities that were fixed in 1 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 1 security bulletins to fix newly discovered flaws in their software. Qualys has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS10-002 and KB979352)

  Severity

  Urgent 5

  Qualys ID

  100078

  Vendor Reference

  KB979352, MS10-002

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2009-4074, CVE-2010-0027, CVE-2010-0244, CVE-2010-0245, CVE-2010-0246, CVE-2010-0247, CVE-2010-0248, CVE-2010-0249

  CVSS Scores

  Base 9.3 / Temporal 8.1

  Description

  Microsoft Internet Explorer is a Web browser for Microsoft Windows.

  Internet Explorer is prone to the following vulnerabilities:

  An XSS filter bypass vulnerability exists in the way that Internet Explorer 8 disables an HTML attribute in otherwise appropriately filtered HTTP response data. The vulnerability could allow initially disabled scripts to run in the wrong security context, leading to information disclosure.(CVE-2009-4074).

  A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Internet Explorer incorrectly validates input. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted URL.An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the logged-on user.(CVE-2010-0027).

  Multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities exists in the way that Internet Explorer accesses an object that has not been correctly initialized or has been deleted. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by constructing a specially crafted Web page. When a user views the Web page, the vulnerability could allow remote code execution.(CVE-2010-0244, CVE-2010-0245,CVE-2010-0246,CVE-2010-0247,CVE-2010-0248,CVE-2010-0249).

  Microsoft has released a security update that addresses these vulnerabilities by modifying the way that Internet Explorer handles objects in memory, validates input parameters, and filters HTML attributes.

  The security update is rated Critical for all supported releases of Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer 5.01, Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 (except Internet Explorer 6 for supported editions of Windows Server 2003). For Internet Explorer 6 for supported editions of Windows Server 2003 as listed, this update is rated Moderate.

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

  A Bag Full of Updates are now Available on ECE (KB978207)
  

  Note: The Aurora exploit takes advantage of this vulnerability.
  Note: This vulnerability is applicable to versions of the software that are not listed in the official advisory.For details see: http://www.qualys.com/research/exploits/#MS10-002

  Consequence

  Successfully exploiting these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to bypass some security restrictions or gain escalated privileges or cause remote code execution in context of affected product.

  Solution

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

  Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4)

  Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1)

  Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Internet Explorer 6)

  Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Internet Explorer 6)

  Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Internet Explorer 6)

  Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Internet Explorer 6)

  Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (Internet Explorer 6)

  Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Internet Explorer 7)

  Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Internet Explorer 7)

  Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Internet Explorer 7)

  Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Internet Explorer 7)

  Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (Internet Explorer 7)

  For a complete list of patch download links, please refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-002. Also refer to Microsoft Security Advisory(979352) to obtain details about a zero day vulnerability that was patched by MS10-002.

  Workarounds:
  - Set Internet and Local intranet security zone settings to "High" to prompt before running ActiveX Controls and Active Scripting
  - Configure Internet Explorer to prompt before running Active Scripting or to disable Active Scripting in the Internet and Local intranet security zone
  - Enable DEP for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 2 or Internet Explorer 7. See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 979352 to use the automated Microsoft Fix it solution to enable or disable this workaround.
  - Enable or disable ActiveX controls in Office 2007
  - Do not open untrusted Microsoft Office files

  Refer to the advisory to obtain additional details on applying the workarounds.

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