use c:\regsvr32.exe /u shimgvw.dll
to disable wmf execution
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hayes, Bill [mailto:Bill.Hayes@owh.com]=20
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 6:02 PM
> To: davidribyrne@yahoo.com
> Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
> Subject: RE: WMF Exploit
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> CERT now has posted Vulnerability Note VU#181038, "Microsoft=20
> Windows may be vulnerable to buffer overflow via specially=20
> crafted WMF file"
> (http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/181038). The note provides=20
> additional details about the exploit and its effects. Very=20
> few workarounds have been proposed other than blocking at the=20
> perimeter and possibly remapping the .wmf extension to some=20
> application other than the vulnerable Windows Picture and Fax=20
> Viewer (SHIMGVU.DLL).
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> Bill...
F-Secure
(http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archi....html#00000752)
mentioned a Microsoft workaround (which I actually did not see in the MS
TechNet bulliten they linked to):
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Un-register the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (Shimgvw.dll)
1. Click Start, click Run, type "regsvr32 -u
%windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll"
(without the quotation marks), and then click OK.
2. A dialog box appears to confirm that the un-registration process has
succeeded.
Click OK to close the dialog box.
Impact of Workaround: The Windows Picture and Fax Viewer will no longer
be started
when users click on a link to an image type that is associated with the
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.
To undo this change, re-register Shimgvw.dll by following the above
steps.
Replace the text in Step 1 with "regsvr32 %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll"
(without the quotation marks).
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It's highly dumbed down but suitable for bulk distribution to the
average user =3D). Additionally F-Secure mentions sites related to the
attack, blocking them is an interim solution.
Derick Anderson
It is not only *.wmf extensions it is all files that
have windows metafile headers that will open with the
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. Any file that has the
header of a windows metafile can trigger this exploit.
--- "Hayes, Bill" <Bill.Hayes@owh.com> wrote:
> CERT now has posted Vulnerability Note VU#181038,
> "Microsoft Windows may
> be vulnerable to buffer overflow via specially
> crafted WMF file"
> (http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/181038). The note
> provides additional
> details about the exploit and its effects. Very few
> workarounds have
> been proposed other than blocking at the perimeter
> and possibly
> remapping the .wmf extension to some application
> other than the
> vulnerable Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
> (SHIMGVU.DLL).
>
> Bill...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: davidribyrne@yahoo.com
> [mailto:davidribyrne@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 4:18 PM
> To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
> Subject: WMF Exploit
>
>
> Another quick observation, again, I apologize if
> this information has
> already been posted; I haven't been able to read all
> the posts today.
> The thumbnail view in Windows Explorer will parse
> the graphics files in
> a folder, even if the file is never explicitly
> opened. This is enough to
> trigger the exploit. Even more frightening is that
> you don't have to use
> the thumbnail view for a thumbnail to be generated.
> Under some
> circumstances, just single-clicking on the file will
> cause it to be
> parsed.
>
> David Byrne
>
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