About the Windows Messenger Services Vulnerability (MS03-043)

Date:
10/16/2003 12:00:00 AM

Severity:
Moderate

Affected Software:
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (including Terminal Server Edition)
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP (all SPs)
Microsoft Windows 2003

Overview:

Technical Analysis:

Detection:
The full version of Retina Network Security scanner can already identify vulnerable machines. In addition to this security flaw, Retina detects over one thousand vulnerabilities to provide ongoing, comprehensive security audits for any network.

To customize a Retina policy to only look for this specific Windows Messenger Service vulnerability:

• Enable the "Windows Messenger Service Buffer Overflow" audit - NetBIOS section
• Enable the "Messenger Service A Security Hazard" audit - IP Services section

Prevention:
eEye Digital Security is pleased to announce the release of a new lightweight Retina Scanner to detect the Microsoft Windows® Messenger vulnerability. eEye created the free single-audit utility for this particular vulnerability due to the critical nature of the flaw. This vulnerability may allow attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems with administrator privileges.

Download the FREE Retina Messenger Service Scanner here:
http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Tools/MSGSVC.html

Note: This tool does not require domain administrator privileges to scan machine for the detection of vulnerable or unpatched machines.

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