bugtraq - Re: Another Low Blow From Microsoft: MBSA Failure!

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Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 09:12:09 -0500
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To: morning_wood <se_cur_ity@...mail.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com,
   patchmanagement@...tserv.patchmanagement.org, dotsecure@...hmail.com
Subject: Re: Another Low Blow From Microsoft: MBSA Failure!

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 20:14:08 PST, morning_wood <se_cur_ity@...mail.com>  said:

> did you try exploit code to verify? that should dispel any ambiguity
> across scanner reports, it would be real easy to load your network
> hosts into a batch file or shell script and see how many "roots" you get.

Given the number of cases we see of somebody posting an actual PoC for
a vulnerability that *doesn't* *work* on some machines, I'd really hate
to bet my security on "Oh, the exploit we tried didn't work, we must be
safe".

Remember - if the exploit works, you have a problem.  Failure of the
exploit to work does NOT mean you don't have a problem - somebody with
a different version that has a critical offset set to 4 more or less
may make swiss cheese of your network.

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