From: gobbles at hush.com (gobbles@...h.com)
Subject: XP security hole uplddrvinfo.htm

fuck you 2.

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gibson suck nothing but shit covered dick
Paul Tinsley get gibson left over
must taste good
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hire again
mom is proud

>You people amaze me.... you are too busy proving that each othe
>r suck to
>just get the word out on exploits.  You should note that I neve
>r claimed
>who discovered it, I honestly don't care.  I know personally I 
>would
>prefer if political agendas or conspiracy theories stay off the
> list.
>Point is, systems are insecure, get the word out.  Pat on the b
>ack for
>whoever did discover it...
>
> So revised version of original message: 
>I haven't seen much if any coverage of a rather nasty exploit i
>n Windows
>XP that was discovered by what I believe was a human on earth. 
> If you
>would like to keep your XP boxes from being venerable to this e
>xploit
>which happens to delete whatever a properly formed link request
>s, delete
>%windir%\PCHEALTH\HELPCTR\System\DFS\uplddrvinfo.htm
>
>Thank you to Thor for posting more accurate information in repl
>y to my
>message....
>Shane Hird discovered it.
>You can see his post here:
>
>http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2002/08/msg00224.h
>tml
>
>And you can try a proof-of-concept here:
>
>http://jscript.dk/2002/8/sec/xphelpdelete.html
>
>And you can see all of the 20 publicly known unpatched vulnerab
>ilities
>in Internet Explorer here:
>
>http://www.pivx.com/larholm/unpatched/
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gobbles@...h.com [mailto:gobbles@...h.com] 
>Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 2:36 PM
>Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] XP security hole uplddrvinfo.htm
>
>
>
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>Steve Gibson=FUD charlaten   www.grcsucks.com
>
>>Sorry if this has already been posted but I was made aware of 
>a
>> rather
>>ugly security hole in Windows XP.
>>
>
>FUD FUD FUD
>
>>This vulnerability allows the files contained in any specified
>
>>directory
>>on your system to be deleted if you click on a specially forme
>d
>> URL.
>>This URL could appear anywhere: sent in malicious eMail, in a 
>c
>>hat room,
>>in a newsgroup posting, on a malicious web page, or even execu
>t
>>ed when
>
>Geogie Guninski discovered this long time ago.  Major vulnerabi
>lity also
>exist if user type format command wrong.
>
>Gibson no skills not discover this.
>
>>your computer merely visits a malicious web page. It is likely
>
>>to be
>>widely exploited soon.
>
>Widely exploited soon?  Gibson planning something?
>
>bullshit bullshit bullshit
>
>
>>This vulnerability is so dangerous that it would be irresponsi
>b
>>le for me
>>to say more. Microsoft has known of this problem for months an
>d
>
>FUD FUD FUD bullshit bullshit bullshit.  Gibson is marketing.  
>General
>terms high level bullshit mean more consultant dollars.
>
>> has,
>>inexplicably, done nothing before now. Although XP's Service P
>a
>>ck 1 is
>>not small (approx 30 MB for express installation or 140 MB for
>
>>the
>>network install), and even though a much quicker and easier so
>l
>>ution to
>>this problem exists, the only thing I can safely recommend (wi
>t
>>hout
>>revealing too much) is to urge all XP users to somehow obtain 
>a
>>nd
>>install Service Pack 1 immediately. (If you have a slow Intern
>e
>>t
>>connection, perhaps a friend can download the executable Servi
>c
>>e Pack
>>file and burn it onto a CD for you?)
>
>More fud fud fud bullshit bullshit bullshit.  Problem fixed wit
>h hotfix
>not sp1.  Gibson very dumb.
>
>>This problem does not affect any systems other than Windows XP
>.
>> If you
>>have any friends or co-workers running Windows XP, please urge
>
>>them to
>>update their systems' too. Once the details of this vulnerabil
>i
>>ty have
>>leaked through other channels I will provide additional inform
>a
>>tion.
>
>Gibson planning leak?  Tell friends that Gibson great security 
>guy and
>pay to consult.  bullshit bullshit bullshit FUD FUD FUD
>
>>there is an alternative. There's a file you can rename or dele
>t
>>e to fix
>>the security hole. Here are the steps:
>>
>>Perform a search for a file on your C drive called "uplddrvinf
>o
>>.htm."
>>Once you've found the file, delete it or rename it. Doing so w
>i
>>ll not
>>hinder your ability to use Windows XP.
>
>bullshit bullshit bullshit.
>
>Does not fix problem.  Gibson is dumb.
>
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>You people amaze me.... you are too busy proving that each othe
>r suck to
>just get the word out on exploits.  You should note that I neve
>r claimed
>who discovered it, I honestly don't care.  I know personally I 
>would
>prefer if political agendas or conspiracy theories stay off the
> list.
>Point is, systems are insecure, get the word out.  Pat on the b
>ack for
>whoever did discover it...
>
> So revised version of original message: 
>I haven't seen much if any coverage of a rather nasty exploit i
>n Windows
>XP that was discovered by what I believe was a human on earth. 
> If you
>would like to keep your XP boxes from being venerable to this e
>xploit
>which happens to delete whatever a properly formed link request
>s, delete
>%windir%\PCHEALTH\HELPCTR\System\DFS\uplddrvinfo.htm
>
>Thank you to Thor for posting more accurate information in repl
>y to my
>message....
>Shane Hird discovered it.
>You can see his post here:
>
>http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2002/08/msg00224.h
>tml
>
>And you can try a proof-of-concept here:
>
>http://jscript.dk/2002/8/sec/xphelpdelete.html
>
>And you can see all of the 20 publicly known unpatched vulnerab
>ilities
>in Internet Explorer here:
>
>http://www.pivx.com/larholm/unpatched/
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gobbles@...h.com [mailto:gobbles@...h.com] 
>Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 2:36 PM
>Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] XP security hole uplddrvinfo.htm
>
>
>
>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>Hash: SHA1
>
>Steve Gibson=FUD charlaten   www.grcsucks.com
>
>>Sorry if this has already been posted but I was made aware of 
>a
>> rather
>>ugly security hole in Windows XP.
>>
>
>FUD FUD FUD
>
>>This vulnerability allows the files contained in any specified
>
>>directory
>>on your system to be deleted if you click on a specially forme
>d
>> URL.
>>This URL could appear anywhere: sent in malicious eMail, in a 
>c
>>hat room,
>>in a newsgroup posting, on a malicious web page, or even execu
>t
>>ed when
>
>Geogie Guninski discovered this long time ago.  Major vulnerabi
>lity also
>exist if user type format command wrong.
>
>Gibson no skills not discover this.
>
>>your computer merely visits a malicious web page. It is likely
>
>>to be
>>widely exploited soon.
>
>Widely exploited soon?  Gibson planning something?
>
>bullshit bullshit bullshit
>
>
>>This vulnerability is so dangerous that it would be irresponsi
>b
>>le for me
>>to say more. Microsoft has known of this problem for months an
>d
>
>FUD FUD FUD bullshit bullshit bullshit.  Gibson is marketing.  
>General
>terms high level bullshit mean more consultant dollars.
>
>> has,
>>inexplicably, done nothing before now. Although XP's Service P
>a
>>ck 1 is
>>not small (approx 30 MB for express installation or 140 MB for
>
>>the
>>network install), and even though a much quicker and easier so
>l
>>ution to
>>this problem exists, the only thing I can safely recommend (wi
>t
>>hout
>>revealing too much) is to urge all XP users to somehow obtain 
>a
>>nd
>>install Service Pack 1 immediately. (If you have a slow Intern
>e
>>t
>>connection, perhaps a friend can download the executable Servi
>c
>>e Pack
>>file and burn it onto a CD for you?)
>
>More fud fud fud bullshit bullshit bullshit.  Problem fixed wit
>h hotfix
>not sp1.  Gibson very dumb.
>
>>This problem does not affect any systems other than Windows XP
>.
>> If you
>>have any friends or co-workers running Windows XP, please urge
>
>>them to
>>update their systems' too. Once the details of this vulnerabil
>i
>>ty have
>>leaked through other channels I will provide additional inform
>a
>>tion.
>
>Gibson planning leak?  Tell friends that Gibson great security 
>guy and
>pay to consult.  bullshit bullshit bullshit FUD FUD FUD
>
>>there is an alternative. There's a file you can rename or dele
>t
>>e to fix
>>the security hole. Here are the steps:
>>
>>Perform a search for a file on your C drive called "uplddrvinf
>o
>>.htm."
>>Once you've found the file, delete it or rename it. Doing so w
>i
>>ll not
>>hinder your ability to use Windows XP.
>
>bullshit bullshit bullshit.
>
>Does not fix problem.  Gibson is dumb.
>
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