Microsoft security alert.

Advisory overview

Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in the Enterprise TruRisk Platform to protect organizations against 9 vulnerabilities that were fixed in 6 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 6 security bulletins to fix newly discovered flaws in their software. Qualys has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:

• Kodak Image Viewer Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS07-055)

  Severity

  Critical 4

  Qualys ID

  115641

  Vendor Reference

  MS07-055

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2007-2217

  CVSS Scores

  Base 9.3 / Temporal 7.3

  Description

  Kodak Image Viewer is vulnerable to a remote code execution issue due to insufficient handling of crafted image files.

  A vulnerable version of Kodak Image Viewer exists on the target host

  Consequence

  A remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted image that allows remote code execution if a user visits a Web site, views a crafted email message, or opens an email attachment.

  An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability would gain the same user rights as the local user

  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=29763117-c2dc-4746-b31e-0b27350118e6

  Windows XP Service Pack 2:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=be52f740-e9c9-4228-95c0-00995213bbd0

  Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9a5c9e5d-4908-48bf-9346-745b4c6f6d4e

  Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS07-055 for further details.

• Security Update for Outlook Express and Windows Mail (MS07-056)

  Severity

  Urgent 5

  Qualys ID

  90414

  Vendor Reference

  MS07-056

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2007-3897

  CVSS Scores

  Base 9.3 / Temporal 6.9

  Description

  A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Outlook Express and Windows Mail for Microsoft Vista, due to an incorrectly handled malformed NNTP response.

  An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page. If a user views the Web page, the vulnerability could allow remote code execution.

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

  October 2007 Monthly Security Updates are Now Available on the ECE (KB941202)
  

  Consequence

  An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the logged-on user.

  Solution

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

  Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (Outlook Express 5.5 Service Pack 2):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5AA009C9-4EDC-4F34-989B-0493549649E8

  Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (Outlook Express 6 Service Pack 1):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=b537115d-611c-4486-960c-08d2df450579

  Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Outlook Express 6):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3ed7f466-78c7-4251-ba24-8ae71ad54e18

  Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Outlook Express 6):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6468a552-2194-4866-97d5-ff77ae205eea

  Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (Microsoft Outlook Express 6):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=708926e4-f8af-4533-8747-22d6536ebd66

  Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Outlook Express 6):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=708926e4-f8af-4533-8747-22d6536ebd66

  Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (Microsoft Outlook Express 6):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=26720f5a-d7e9-44b9-9330-2e9faa4af0d9

  Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Outlook Express 6):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=26720f5a-d7e9-44b9-9330-2e9faa4af0d9

  Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems (Microsoft Outlook Express 6):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=a8844fbb-5b2c-41f3-80f1-dce563aa7cb7

  Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (Microsoft Outlook Express 6):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=a8844fbb-5b2c-41f3-80f1-dce563aa7cb7

  Windows Vista (Windows Mail):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=b6ac8d93-adc3-4ec3-bad1-4990bd7d52b4

  For a complete list of patch download links, please refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS07-056.

• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (MS07-057)

  Severity

  Critical 4

  Qualys ID

  100052

  Vendor Reference

  MS07-057

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2007-1091, CVE-2007-3826, CVE-2007-3892, CVE-2007-3893

  CVSS Scores

  Base 9.3 / Temporal 7.3

  Description

  This critical security update resolves vulnerabilities involving Internet Explorer which may allow remote code execution.

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

  October 2007 Monthly Security Updates are Now Available on the ECE (KB939653)
  

  Consequence

  These vulnerabilities can be exploited by an attacker by constructing a specially crafted Web page. 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.

  The vulnerabilities are addressed by not allowing the browser window content to persist after navigation has occurred. Also the script error exception handling is modified so that no attempt is made to access the freed memory.

  Solution

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

  Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=95827F3F-A984-4E34-A949-D16A0614121A

  Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DF3BA596-7C5B-4151-9884-6957AA884AAB

  Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=513A8320-6D36-4FC9-A38A-867192B55B53

  Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AE8A26D8-1910-4B8C-8A73-6E2FA6B5B29F

  Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4AEFAA38-8757-4E6E-8924-57CABD1C2FC3

  Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=88ABA9DD-653B-4CDF-A513-CCA32A7D7E41

  Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=309A8F10-C7EA-4961-A969-092B0C4D7BBC

  Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Windows Internet Explorer 7):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4CA0AC93-BF51-40FE-A1BA-CB3E0A36D8B5

  Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Windows Internet Explorer 7):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DBD284D0-2664-42A4-AD16-A0535244C81C

  Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Windows Internet Explorer 7):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0A31C451-32F4-4551-AE45-D600F8B3B11B

  For a complete list of patch download links, please refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS07-057.

• RPC Could Allow Denial of Service (MS07-058)

  Severity

  Serious 3

  Qualys ID

  90412

  Vendor Reference

  MS07-058

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2007-2228

  CVSS Scores

  Base 7.8 / Temporal 5.8

  Description

  A denial of service vulnerability exists in the remote procedure call (RPC) facility due to a failure in communicating with the NTLM security provider when performing authentication of RPC requests.

  An anonymous attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending a specially crafted RPC authentication request to a computer over the network.

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

  October 2007 Monthly Security Updates are Now Available on the ECE (KB933729)
  

  Consequence

  An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could cause the computer to stop responding and automatically restart.

  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=6c7fb9a8-1d8d-4307-b5c6-bc6c28ee09de

  Windows XP Service Pack 2:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1fee539c-ab86-4298-b6f4-22ce31ee7b8b

  Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=ac7bd100-0a03-426b-adc8-0516c602a280

  Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=011593a0-f37e-4578-bee1-a985639b521b

  Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=e9bb8df5-f39e-4473-9d0c-e84430c7f859

  Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=492ae87c-047c-45c1-ad04-ee36352de85b

  Windows Vista:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=ceca7f8c-7b56-48fc-8c17-87ffadf25629

  Windows Vista x64 Edition:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7625f5a4-2921-41ce-986d-4cc0c264135c

  Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS07-058 for further details.

• Windows SharePoint Could Result in Elevation of Privilege (MS07-059)

  Severity

  Serious 3

  Qualys ID

  90413

  Vendor Reference

  MS07-059

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2007-2581

  CVSS Scores

  Base 4.3 / Temporal 3.4

  Description

  A security vulnerability exists in Windows Sharepoint Services Version 3.0 and Office Sharepoint Server 2007. This may result in elevation of privilege and information disclosure to the attacker.

  Consequence

  This vulnerability is present in the affected software beacuse of the way it validates URL-encoded requests.

  This may allow an attacker to run an arbitrary script that could result in elevation of privilege within the SharePoint site, as opposed to elevation of privilege within the workstation or server environment. Also, information disclosure is possible as it may allow an attacker to run arbitrary script to modify a user's cache.

  Solution

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

  Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=76FC2225-2802-46E5-A294-A842E3841877

  Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=76FC2225-2802-46E5-A294-A842E3841877

  Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=667335DD-DF2E-4F14-A130-5758701BE055

  Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=667335DD-DF2E-4F14-A130-5758701BE055

  Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AAEA9695-F541-4C4C-9107-81EAD5CFC8C9

  Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 x64 Edition:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1D319164-D133-4493-BE27-1AEDA62362C4

  Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-059 for further details.

• Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS07-060)

  Severity

  Critical 4

  Qualys ID

  110065

  Vendor Reference

  MS07-060

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2007-3899

  CVSS Scores

  Base 9.3 / Temporal 7.3

  Description

  Microsoft Word is vulnerable to remote code execution due to insufficent handling of malformed strings within a crafted Word file.

  A vulnerable version of Word exists on the target host.

  Consequence

  If these vulnerabilities are successfully exploited, a remote attacker could run arbitrary code as the logged on user.

  Solution

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

  Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (Microsoft Word 2000 Service Pack 3):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8B3072FB-5933-47F7-A498-13A93E268E57

  Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 (Microsoft Word 2002 Service Pack 3):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D6B787BB-03FF-4F67-8B69-6011FB18BA75

  Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac:
  http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx#Office2004

  Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS07-060 for further details.

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