Overview of the April 2012 Microsoft patches and their status.
#
Affected
Contra Indications - KB
Known Exploits
Microsoft rating(**)
ISC rating(*)
clients
servers
MS12-023
Cumulative update for Internet Explorer adding fixes for 5 more random code execution vulnerabilities with the rights of the logged-on user.
Replaces MS12-010.
MSIE
CVE-2012-0168
CVE-2012-0169
CVE-2012-0170
CVE-2012-0171
CVE-2012-0172
KB 2675157
No publicly known exploits.
Severity:Critical
Exploitability:1
Critical
important
MS12-024
An input validation vulnerability in the parsing of the signatures on executable files allows random code execution with the rights of the logged on user.
Replaces MS10-019.
Windows Authenticode
CVE-2012-0151
KB 2653956
No publicly known exploits.
Severity:Critical
Exploitability:1
Critical
Critical
MS12-025
An input validation failure in the .NETframework allows random code execution with the rights of the logged on user. This not only affects users browsing websites but also IISservers running ASP.NET in e.g. a web hosting scenario.
.NET
CVE-2012-0163
KB 2671605
No publicly known exploits
Severity:Critical
Exploitability:1
Critical
Critical
MS12-026
Vulnerabilities in Forefront UAG(Unified Access Gateway) allow unfiltered access to internal resources and spoofing of the UAGwebserver (directing the visitor to malicious sites instead of the UAGserver, potentially compromising their login credentials).
Forefront UAG
CVE-2012-0146
CVE-2012-0147
KB 2663860
No publicly known exploits
Severity:Important
Exploitability:3
NA
Critical
MS12-027
A vulnerability in Windows Common Controls [ActiveX] allows random code execution with the rights of the logged-on user. Attack vectors include websites and email attachments. Also affects a whole lot of other Microsoft software such as SQLserver, Commerce Server, Visual FoxPro, Visual Basic runtime aside of Microsoft Office.
Windows Common Controls
CVE-2012-0158
KB 2664258
Microsoft claims to be aware of limited targeted attacks using this.
Severity:Critical
Exploitability:1
Critical
Important
MS12-028
An input validation vulnerability in the .wps converter allows random code execution with the rights of the logged on user.
Replaces MS09-024 and MS10-105.
Office - works
CVE-2012-0177
KB 2639185
No publicly known exploits
Severity:Important
Exploitability:1
Critical
Important
We will update issues on this page for about a week or so as they evolve.
We appreciate updates
US based customers can call Microsoft for free patch related support on 1-866-PCSAFETY
(*): ISC rating
We use 4 levels:
PATCH NOW: Typically used where we see immediate danger of exploitation. Typical environments will want to deploy these patches ASAP. Workarounds are typically not accepted by users or are not possible. This rating is often used when typical deployments make it vulnerable and exploits are being used or easy to obtain or make.
Critical: Anything that needs little to become interesting for the dark side. Best approach is to test and deploy ASAP. Workarounds can give more time to test.
Important: Things where more testing and other measures can help.
Less Urgent: Typically we expect the impact if left unpatched to be not that big a deal in the short term. Do not forget them however.
The difference between the client and server rating is based on how you use the affected machine. We take into account the typical client and server deployment in the usage of the machine and the common measures people typically have in place already. Measures we presume are simple best practices for servers such as not using outlook, MSIE, word etc. to do traditional office or leisure work.
The rating is not a risk analysis as such. It is a rating of importance of the vulnerability and the perceived or even predicted threat for affected systems. The rating does not account for the number of affected systems there are. It is for an affected system in a typical worst-case role.
Only the organization itself is in a position to do a full risk analysis involving the presence (or lack of) affected systems, the actually implemented measures, the impact on their operation and the value of the assets involved.
All patches released by a vendor are important enough to have a close look if you use the affected systems. There is little incentive for vendors to publicize patches that do not have some form of risk to them.
(**): The exploitability rating we show is the worst of them all due to the too large number of ratings Microsoft assigns to some of the patches.
--
Swa Frantzen -- Section 66
NOTE: These security updates also included an update for Windows 8 Customer Preview. Updates for Windows 8 are available through the operating systems Windows Update. (Thanks Rene! - Mark Baggett) (c) SANS Internet Storm Center. http://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
#
Affected
Contra Indications - KB
Known Exploits
Microsoft rating(**)
ISC rating(*)
clients
servers
MS12-023
Cumulative update for Internet Explorer adding fixes for 5 more random code execution vulnerabilities with the rights of the logged-on user.
Replaces MS12-010.
MSIE
CVE-2012-0168
CVE-2012-0169
CVE-2012-0170
CVE-2012-0171
CVE-2012-0172
KB 2675157
No publicly known exploits.
Severity:Critical
Exploitability:1
Critical
important
MS12-024
An input validation vulnerability in the parsing of the signatures on executable files allows random code execution with the rights of the logged on user.
Replaces MS10-019.
Windows Authenticode
CVE-2012-0151
KB 2653956
No publicly known exploits.
Severity:Critical
Exploitability:1
Critical
Critical
MS12-025
An input validation failure in the .NETframework allows random code execution with the rights of the logged on user. This not only affects users browsing websites but also IISservers running ASP.NET in e.g. a web hosting scenario.
.NET
CVE-2012-0163
KB 2671605
No publicly known exploits
Severity:Critical
Exploitability:1
Critical
Critical
MS12-026
Vulnerabilities in Forefront UAG(Unified Access Gateway) allow unfiltered access to internal resources and spoofing of the UAGwebserver (directing the visitor to malicious sites instead of the UAGserver, potentially compromising their login credentials).
Forefront UAG
CVE-2012-0146
CVE-2012-0147
KB 2663860
No publicly known exploits
Severity:Important
Exploitability:3
NA
Critical
MS12-027
A vulnerability in Windows Common Controls [ActiveX] allows random code execution with the rights of the logged-on user. Attack vectors include websites and email attachments. Also affects a whole lot of other Microsoft software such as SQLserver, Commerce Server, Visual FoxPro, Visual Basic runtime aside of Microsoft Office.
Windows Common Controls
CVE-2012-0158
KB 2664258
Microsoft claims to be aware of limited targeted attacks using this.
Severity:Critical
Exploitability:1
Critical
Important
MS12-028
An input validation vulnerability in the .wps converter allows random code execution with the rights of the logged on user.
Replaces MS09-024 and MS10-105.
Office - works
CVE-2012-0177
KB 2639185
No publicly known exploits
Severity:Important
Exploitability:1
Critical
Important
We will update issues on this page for about a week or so as they evolve.
We appreciate updates
US based customers can call Microsoft for free patch related support on 1-866-PCSAFETY
(*): ISC rating
We use 4 levels:
PATCH NOW: Typically used where we see immediate danger of exploitation. Typical environments will want to deploy these patches ASAP. Workarounds are typically not accepted by users or are not possible. This rating is often used when typical deployments make it vulnerable and exploits are being used or easy to obtain or make.
Critical: Anything that needs little to become interesting for the dark side. Best approach is to test and deploy ASAP. Workarounds can give more time to test.
Important: Things where more testing and other measures can help.
Less Urgent: Typically we expect the impact if left unpatched to be not that big a deal in the short term. Do not forget them however.
The difference between the client and server rating is based on how you use the affected machine. We take into account the typical client and server deployment in the usage of the machine and the common measures people typically have in place already. Measures we presume are simple best practices for servers such as not using outlook, MSIE, word etc. to do traditional office or leisure work.
The rating is not a risk analysis as such. It is a rating of importance of the vulnerability and the perceived or even predicted threat for affected systems. The rating does not account for the number of affected systems there are. It is for an affected system in a typical worst-case role.
Only the organization itself is in a position to do a full risk analysis involving the presence (or lack of) affected systems, the actually implemented measures, the impact on their operation and the value of the assets involved.
All patches released by a vendor are important enough to have a close look if you use the affected systems. There is little incentive for vendors to publicize patches that do not have some form of risk to them.
(**): The exploitability rating we show is the worst of them all due to the too large number of ratings Microsoft assigns to some of the patches.
--
Swa Frantzen -- Section 66
NOTE: These security updates also included an update for Windows 8 Customer Preview. Updates for Windows 8 are available through the operating systems Windows Update. (Thanks Rene! - Mark Baggett) (c) SANS Internet Storm Center. http://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.