Microsoft security alert.

Advisory overview

Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in the Enterprise TruRisk Platform to protect organizations against 3 vulnerabilities that were fixed in 3 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 3 security bulletins to fix newly discovered flaws in their software. Qualys has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:

• Microsoft Word Vulnerability Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS05-035)

  Severity

  Urgent 5

  Qualys ID

  110032

  Vendor Reference

  MS05-035

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2005-0564

  CVSS Scores

  Base 7.5 / Temporal 5.9

  Description

  Microsoft Word, which is installed on the host, is missing the patch described in Security Bulletin MS05-035.

  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. The attacker could install programs; view, change, and delete data; and create new accounts with full user rights. 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.

  Microsoft has rated this advisory as "Critical" for Word 2000 and "Important" for Word 2002.

  Consequence

  Successful exploitation of this issue can result in arbitrary code execution.

  Solution

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

  Microsoft Office 2000 Software Service Pack 3 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CEE0864B-B196-48F4-A4B9-2ED7FB6D17D2

  Microsoft Office XP Software Service Pack 3 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A7E7D2C5-1E2A-4FFB-8FC2-B2B217015820

  Microsoft Works Suites (Microsoft Works Suite 2000 ):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CEE0864B-B196-48F4-A4B9-2ED7FB6D17D2

  Microsoft Works Suites (Microsoft Works Suite 2001 ):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CEE0864B-B196-48F4-A4B9-2ED7FB6D17D2

  Microsoft Works Suites (Microsoft Works Suite 2002 ):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A7E7D2C5-1E2A-4FFB-8FC2-B2B217015820

  Microsoft Works Suites (Microsoft Works Suite 2003 ):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A7E7D2C5-1E2A-4FFB-8FC2-B2B217015820

  Microsoft Works Suites (Microsoft Works Suite 2004 ):
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A7E7D2C5-1E2A-4FFB-8FC2-B2B217015820

  Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS05-035 for further details.

• Windows Color Management Module Remote Code Execution (MS05-036)

  Severity

  Urgent 5

  Qualys ID

  90262

  Vendor Reference

  MS05-036

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2005-1219

  CVSS Scores

  Base 7.5 / Temporal 6.2

  Description

  The Microsoft Color Management Module allows the operating system to provide consistent color mappings between different devices and applications. In addition, this module is used to transform colors from one color space to another (for example, RGB to CMYK).

  The host has been identifed as vulnerable to the Windows Color Management Module Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS05-036). The remote code execution issue is exposed due to lack of sanitization checks on internal buffers in the Microsoft Color Management Module.

  Microsoft has rated this advisory as "Critical".

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

  August Security Updates for Embedded (KB901214)
  

  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 install programs; view, change, and delete data; and create new accounts with full user rights.

  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=FA8D18EC-EBF4-4C49-AFA0-F6A215B3624F

  Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C5BCF2DB-ADCE-42BD-ABEE-1380F258158B

  Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C54BB4BA-FB9B-4615-9BBE-EF6D3885467D

  Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=44275ECB-2E79-4CE8-8269-E81219CE8F6C

  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=97A903BC-90E1-4FDE-9487-1816C4A647BB

  Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=52167B42-8790-4965-9F26-DC5EDC2E84F8

  Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS05-036 for further details.

• Microsoft JView Profiler Remote Code Execution (MS05-037)

  Severity

  Critical 4

  Qualys ID

  100028

  Vendor Reference

  MS05-037

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2005-2087

  CVSS Scores

  Base 5 / Temporal 3.9

  Description

  The Microsoft JView Profiler (Javaprxy.dll), a COM object, when instantiated in Microsoft Internet Explorer, contains a remote code execution vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected system.

  Microsoft has rated this advisory as "Critical".

  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 install programs; view, change, and delete data; and create new accounts with full user rights. 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

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

  Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=25982E02-EC6D-44CE-82DE-12DDEF1ADDD6

  Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, or on Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2A506C16-01EF-4060-BCF8-6993C55840A9

  Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C1381768-6C6D-4568-97B1-600DB8798EBF

  Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F368E231-9918-4881-9F17-60312F82183F

  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=D785F9AB-DBE9-4272-A87E-64205690F98E

  Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=68209225-A682-4008-A22B-881C401486F7

  Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition :
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=80EFD9A8-7EE9-4B0B-8517-559C49614AB7

  Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-037 for further details.

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