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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2005.0117 -- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-008
Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution
9 February 2005
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 and Service Pack 4
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Service Pack 1 (Itanium)
Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 (Itanium)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems
Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (ME)
Publisher: Microsoft
Operating System: Windows
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Increased Privileges
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
Original Bulletin: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS05-008.mspx
Comment: From Microsoft's MS05-008 bulletin:
"This update resolves a newly-discovered vulnerability. The
vulnerability is documented in the "Vulnerability Details" section of
this bulletin. A privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Windows
because of the way that Windows handles drag-and-drop events. An
attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a malicious
Web page. This malicious Web page could potentially allow an attacker
to save a file on the user's system if a user visited a malicious Web
site or viewed a malicious e-mail message.
If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker
who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete
control of an affected system. An attacker could then install
programs; view, change, or delete data; or 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. However, user interaction is
required to exploit this vulnerability."
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MS05-008
Title: Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code
Execution (890047)
Affected Software:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 and Microsoft Windows 2000
Service Pack 4
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Windows XP
Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Service Pack 1 (Itanium)
- Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 (Itanium)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems
- Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition (SE),
and Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (ME)
Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution
Maximum Severity Rating: Important
Restart required: Yes
Update can be uninstalled: Yes
More information on this vulnerability is available at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS05-008.mspx
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