Chachazz Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Title: Microsoft Security Response Center Bulletin NotificationIssued: January 05, 2006********************************************************************Summary=======Important Information for Thursday 5 January 2006Microsoft announced that it would release a security update to help protect customers from exploitations of a vulnerability in the Windows Meta File (WMF) area of code in the Windows operating system on Tuesday, January 2, 2006, in response to malicious and criminal attacks on computer users that were discovered last week.Microsoft will release the update today on Thursday, January 5, 2006,earlier than planned. Microsoft originally planned to release the update on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 as part of its regular monthly release of security bulletins, once testing for quality and application compatibility was complete. However, testing has been completed earlier than anticipated and the update is ready for release.In addition, Microsoft is releasing the update early in response to strong customer sentiment that the release should be made available as soon as possible. Microsoft's monitoring of attack data continues to indicate that the attacks are limited and are being mitigated both by Microsoft's efforts to shut down malicious Web sites and with up-to-date signatures form anti-virus companies.The security update will be available at 2:00 pm PT as MS06-001. Enterprise customers who are using Windows Server Update Services will receive the update automatically. In additional the update is supported Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0, Systems Management Server, and Software Update Services. Enterprise customers can also manually download the update from the Download Center.Microsoft will hold a special Web cast on Friday, January 6, 2006, to provide technical details on the MS06-001 and to answer questions.Registration details will be available at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/default.mspx. Microsoft will also be releasing additional security updates on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 as part of its regularly scheduled release of security updates.More Info: MS Security Alert» Link to post Share on other sites
Chachazz Posted January 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Re: MS Patch for WMF Vulnerability ExploitPublished: 2006-01-05,Last Updated: 2006-01-05 21:47:54 UTC by Marcus Sachs If you have installed any of the earlier patches or workarounds, here is our recommendation for updating:1. Reboot your system to clear any vulnerable files from memory2. Download and apply the new patch3. Reboot4. Uninstall the unofficial patch, by using Add/Remove Programs on single systems. If you used msi to install the patch on multiple machines you can uninstall it with this:msiexec.exe /X{E1CDC5B0-7AFB-11DA-8CD6-0800200C9A66} /qn5. Re-register the .dll if you previously unregistered it (use the same command but without the "-u"):regsvr32 %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll6. Reboot one more time just for good measureSource:SANS Internet Storm Center« Link to post Share on other sites
Chachazz Posted January 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Please also see: Microsoft Security Bulletin «MS06-001» Vulnerability in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution (912919)Published: January 5, 2006Version: 1.0Manual Download available: •Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 •Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2•Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition •Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 •Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems•Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Link to post Share on other sites
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