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2009

MS09-019 (CVE-2009-1532): The "pwn2own" vulnerability

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

IE8 behavior notes MS09-019 contains the fix for the IE8 vulnerability responsibly disclosed by Nils at the CanSecWest pwn2own competition (CVE-2009-1532). Nils exploited this vulnerability on an IE8 build that did allow .NET assemblies to load in the Internet Zone. The final, released build of IE8 does not allow .Net assemblies to load in the Internet Zone.

MS09-024: Lower risk if you have Microsoft Word installed

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Today we released bulletin MS09-024 that fixes vulnerabilities in text converters for the Microsoft Works document file format (WPS). Reduced impact if Microsoft Office is installed The Works converters included with Microsoft Word are vulnerable. However, the Microsoft Word installer does not associate the WPS file extension with Word. So a user double-clicking a WPS file attachment for the first time would see the following dialog:

MS09-026: How a developer can know if their RPC interface is affected

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Today we are releasing MS09-026 which fixes a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows RPC (Remote Procedure Call) NDR20 marshalling engine. This component is responsible for preparing data to be sent over the network and then translating it back to what the server or client application uses. NDR20 is specific to 32-bit applications that use RPC to transfer data.

June 2009 Advance Notification

Thursday, June 04, 2009

Advance Notification for the June 2009 Security Bulletin Release Today, we published our Advance Notification indicating that next Tuesday, June 9 at 10:00 a.m. PDT (UTC -8), we will be releasing a total of 10 security bulletins consisting of: · Six updates affecting Windows. Two Critical, three Important, and one Moderate.

Announcing the BlueHat Security Forum: EU Edition

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Handle: C-Lizzle IRL: Celene Temkin Rank: Program Manager 2 & BlueHat Project Manager Likes: Culinary warfare, BlueHat hackers and responsible disclosure Dislikes: Acts of hubris, MySpace, orange mocha Frappaccinos! Hey folks! I know this is typically the time of year when birds are chirping, the rain is _supposed _to be letting up, and those of you in the BlueHat network who are normally invited to attend the Spring BlueHat conference are asking yourselves, “Why did MSRC start doing the con only once a year?

Getting a business degree as part of Security Research?

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

What a great time to start thinking of travel – the weather is fairing up, June is here, and fortunately for me, I have a chance to take the driver seat again at another BlueHat conference! This time it’s in Brussels and I’m really looking forward to talking again about one of my favorite topics (eCrime – technology and business), as well as networking with the Microsoft gang and their European counterparts.

Microsoft Security Advisory 971778 Vulnerability in Microsoft DirectShow Released

Thursday, May 28, 2009

We’ve just released Microsoft Security Advisory 971778 today. This discusses a new vulnerability in Microsoft DirectShow affecting Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that is under limited attack. The advisory outlines information about the vulnerability and steps customers can take to protect themselves while we’re working on a security update to address the issue.