Message-ID: <43BDD705.3080107@qwest.net>
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:33:41 -0700
From: "Anthony R. Nemmer" <intertwingled@...st.net>
To: "Duran, Jason IT0" <jason.duran@....sk.ca>
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: MS released a patch today - MS06-001


Unfortunately, they didn't release a patch for 98, SE, or ME.  :-(

Tony

Duran, Jason IT0 wrote:

>Microsoft released a patch for the WMF vulnerability this afternoon.
>KB912919
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-001.mspx
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-jan.mspx
>
>Has anyone looked into this, tried it, or know what it modifies?
>
>In the workarounds FAQ for the vulnerability, it mentions:
>(Therefore, I think this is pre-patch release info.
>
>============================================================================
>===============================================
>
> Workarounds for Graphics Rendering Engine Vulnerability - CVE-2005-4560: 
>
>Microsoft has tested the following workaround. While this workaround will
>not correct the underlying vulnerability, it will help block known attack
>vectors.
>
>* Unregister the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (Shimgvw.dll) on Windows XP
>Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2003 and Windows
>Server 2003 Service Pack 1
>
>Microsoft has tested the following workaround. While this workaround will
>not correct the underlying vulnerability, it helps block known attack
>vectors. When a workaround reduces functionality, it is identified in the
>following section.
>
>Note This workaround is intended to help protect against Web based exploit
>vectors and is not effective against exploits that have Windows Metafile
>images embedded in Word documents and other similar attack vectors.
>
>Note The following steps require Administrative privileges. We recommend
>that you restart the computer after you apply this workaround.
>Alternatively, you can log out and log back in after you apply the
>workaround. However, we do recommend that you restart the computer.
>
>To un-register Shimgvw.dll, follow these steps:
>
>1.
> Click Start, click Run, type "regsvr32 -u %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll"
>(without the quotation marks), and then click OK.
> 
>2.
> When a dialog box appears that confirms that the process has been
>successful, click OK.
> 
>
>Impact of Workaround: The Windows Picture and Fax Viewer will no longer
>start when users click a link to an image type that is associated with the
>Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.
>
>To undo this workaround after the security update has been deployed,
>reregister Shimgvw.dll. To do this, use this same procedure, but replace the
>text in step 1 with "regsvr32 %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll" (without the
>quotation marks).
> 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave Korn [mailto:davek_throwaway@...mail.com] 
>Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 1:10 PM
>To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
>Subject: Re: WMF browser-ish exploit vectors
>
>
>Evans, Arian wrote in
>news:8654C851B1DAFA4FA18A9F150145F92502C16D7A@...x01.fishnetsecurity.com
>  
>
>>Here, let's make the rendering issue simple:
>>
>>Due to IE being so content help-happy there are a
>>myriad of IE-friend file types (e.g.-.jpg) that one
>>can simply rename a metafile to for purpose of web exploitation, and 
>>IE will pull out the wonderful hey;
>>you're-not-a-jpeg-you're-a-something-else-that-I-can-
>>-automatically-handle trick err /feature/ for you.
>>    
>>
>
>  Yeh, that's a real dumbass design feature that one.
>
>  
>
>>http://sharepoint2003/bizdir/your_custom_folder_icon.jpg
>>
>>http://yourcorp_web_based_DMS/surprise_not_a.doc
>>
>>etc.
>>    
>>
>
>
>  Have you tried giving it a mpg/avi/wma/wmv extension and getting it to 
>open in a (perhaps embedded) mediaplayer?  That's liable to work as well; 
>mediaplayer is also vulnerable to the 
>choose-an-app-based-on-extension/app-loads-a-viewer-based-on-actual-content 
>desynchronisation attack...
>
>
>    cheers,
>      DaveK
>  
>


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