Microsoft Patch Tuesday - February 2013

Application Compatibility Update with Quest® Workspace™ ChangeBASE

Executive Summary


With this considerable February Microsoft Patch Tuesday update, we see a set of 12 updates; 5 of which are marked as “Critical” and 7 rated as “Important”.

The Patch Tuesday Security Update analysis was performed by the Quest ChangeBASE Patch Impact team and identified a small percentage of applications from the thousands of applications included in testing for this release which showed amber issues.

Of the twelve patches, 7 "require a restart to load correctly",  5 "may require a restart", so, as usual, it is probably best to assume all require a restart to be installed correctly.

Sample Results

Here are some sample screen-shots taken from the Quest/DELL ChangeBASE application. These results demonstrate some of the issues highlighted by the Microsoft Patch Tuesday report.

ChangeBASE Sample Summary Report

Here is a sample of the ChangeBASE Summary report demonstrating an overview of the RAG (Red, Amber, Green) status of the patches and updates recently released by Microsoft for February 2013.

Testing Summary

And, most importantly, here is an overall summary of the results generated by testing over 1000 applications with the ChangeBASE software.

Security Update Detailed Summary

MS13-009	Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2792100)
Description	This security update resolves thirteen privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. 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.
Payload	Advpack.dll, Browseui.dll, Corpol.dll, Desktop.ini, Dxtmsft.dll, Dxtrans.dll, Extmgr.dll, Html.iec Icardie.dll, Ie4uinit.exe, Ie9props.propdesc, Ieakeng.dll, Ieaksie.dll, Ieakui.dll, Ieapfltr.dat, Ieapfltr.dll, Iedkcs32.dll ,Iedvtool.dll, Ieencode.dll,Ieframe.dll, Ieframe.dll.mui, Ieframe.ptxml, Iepeers.dll, Ieproxy.dll, Iernonce.dll, Iertutil.dll, Iesetup.dll, Ieshims.dll, Iesysprep.dll, Ieudinit.exe, Ieui.dll, Ieunatt.exe, Iexplore.exe, Inetcpl.cpl, Jscript.dll, Jscript9.dll, Jsdbgui.dll, Jsproxy.dll, Licmgr10.dll, Microsoft-windows-ie-htmlrendering.ptxml, Msfeeds.dll, Msfeeds.mof, Msfeedsbs.dll, Msfeedsbs.mof, Msfeedssync.exe, Mshtml.dll, Mshtml.tlb, Mshtmled.dll, Msrating.dll, Mstime.dll, Occache.dll, Pngfilt.dll, Shdocvw.dll, Sqmapi.dll, Tdc.ocx, Url.dll, Urlmon.dll, Uxinit.dll, Uxtheme.dll, Vbscript.dll, Vgx.dll, W03a3409.dll, Wadvpack.dll, Wbrowseui.dll, Wcorpol.dll, Wdxtmsft.dll, Wdxtrans.dll, Webcheck.dll, Wextmgr.dll, Whtml.iec, Wicardie.dll, Wie4uinit.exe, Wieakeng.dll, Wieaksie.dll, Wieakui.dll, Wieapfltr.dat, Wieapfltr.dll, Wiedkcs32.dll, Wiedvtool.dll, Wieencode.dll, Wieframe.dll, Wieframe.dll.mui, Wiepeers.dll, Wieproxy.dll, Wiernonce.dll, Wiertutil.dll, Wieudinit.exe, Wiexplore.exe, Windows feed discovered.wav, Windows information bar.wav, Windows navigation start.wav, Windows pop-up blocked.wav, Winetcpl.cpl, Wininet.dll, Wininetplugin.dll, Wjsdbgui.dll, Wjsproxy.dll, Wlicmgr10.dll, Wmsfeeds.dll, Wmsfeedsbs.dll, Wmshtml.dll, Wmshtmled.dll, Wmsrating.dll, Wmstime.dll, Woccache.dll, Wow64_ieframe.ptxml, Wow64_microsoft-windows-ie-htmlrendering.ptxml, Wpngfilt.dll, Wshdocvw.dll, Wtdc.ocx, Wurl.dll,  Wurlmon.dll, Ww03a3409.dll, Wwebcheck.dll, Wwininet.dll, Wxpshims.dll, Xpshims.dll
Impact	Critical - Remote Code Execution

MS13-010	Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2797052)
Description	This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Microsoft implementation of Vector Markup Language (VML). The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer. 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.
Payload	Vgx.dll, Wvgx.dll
Impact	Critical - Remote Code Execution

MS13-011	Vulnerability in Media Decompression Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2780091)
Description	This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted media file (such as an .mpg file), opens a Microsoft Office document (such as a .ppt file) that contains a specially crafted embedded media file, or receives specially crafted streaming content. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. 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.
Payload	Mpg2splt.ax, Quartz.dll, Wmpg2splt.ax, Wquartz.dll
Impact	Critical - Remote Code Execution

MS13-012	Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2809279)
Description	This security update resolves publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server. The most severe vulnerability is in Microsoft Exchange Server WebReady Document Viewing, and could allow remote code execution in the security context of the transcoding service on the Exchange server if a user previews a specially crafted file using Outlook Web App (OWA). The transcoding service in Exchange that is used for WebReady Document Viewing is running in the LocalService account. The LocalService account has minimum privileges on the local computer and presents anonymous credentials on the network.
Payload	No file payload
Impact	Critical - Remote Code Execution

MS13-013	Vulnerabilities in FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Parsing Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2784242)
Description	This security update resolves publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution in the security context of a user account with a restricted token. FAST Search Server for SharePoint is only affected by this issue when Advanced Filter Pack is enabled. By default, Advanced Filter Pack is disabled.
Payload	Adinit.dat, Administration.keywords.queryprocessor.dll, Administration_services.dll1, Adminservice.exe.config.template, Cctk.jar, Cmmap000.bin, Configserver.exe, Contentdistributor.exe, Converter_rules.xml, Customsecurity.ini, Customsecurity1.ps1, Customsecuritytrimming.pyc, Customsecuritytrimming.xml, Dbutil.dll, Dewp.dll, Docexport.exe, Ecmtaxonomy.pyc1, Exihtml.dll, Exitext.dll, Exixml.dll, Exixml2.dll, Exixml3.dll, Expage.dll, Fdispatch.exe, Featureextractorlib.dll, Fixmlfeeder.exe, Fixmlindex.exe, Format.pyc, Fsearch.exe, Genfixml.pyc, Html.pyc, Html.xml, Ibfpx2.flt, Ibgp42.flt, Ibjpg2.flt, Ibpcd2.flt, Ibpsd2.flt, Ibxbm2.flt, Ibxpm2.flt, Ibxwd2.flt, Imcd32.flt, Imcd42.flt, Imcd52.flt, Imcd62.flt, Imcd72.flt, Imcd82.flt, Imcdr2.flt, Imcm52.flt, Imcm72.flt, Imcmx2.flt, Imdsf2.flt, Imfmv2.flt, Imgdf2.flt, Imgem2.flt, Imigs2.flt, Immet2.flt, Impif2.flt, Impsi2.flt, Impsz2.flt, Imps_2.flt, Imrnd2.flt, Indexer.exe, Iphgw2.flt, Isgdi32.dll, Jdbcconnector.jar, Libxml2.dll, Lotusnotesconnector.jar, Lotusnotestemplate.xml, Lowercase.exe, Microsoft.sharepoint.search.extended.administration.dll, Microsoft.sharepoint.search.extended.security.adminlibrary.dll, Microsoft.sharepoint.search.extended.security.adminservice.exe, Microsoft.sharepoint.search.extended.security.base.dll, Microsoft.sharepoint.search.extended.security.dll, Microsoft.sharepoint.search.extended.security.postfiltergenerator.dll, Microsoft.sharepoint.search.extended.security.trimmingrp.dll, Microsoft.sharepoint.search.extended.security.trimmingsync.exe, Microsoft.sharepoint.search.extended.security.trimmingsync.exe.config, Microsoft.sharepoint.search.extended.utils.dll, Monitoringservice.exe, Monitoringserviceconfig.exe, Ocemul.dll, Oswin64.dll, Powershell.commands.dll.config.template, Pylangid.pyd, Pystellent.pyd, Qrproxyservice.exe, Qrserver.exe, Restore.ps1, Rpf_config.xml, Rtsoutput.pyc, Rtsoutput.xml, Sccch.dll, Sccda.dll, Sccdu.dll, Sccex.dll, Sccexind.dll, Sccexind2.dll, Sccexind3.dll, Sccfa.dll, Sccfi.dll, Sccfmt.dll, Sccfut.dll, Sccind.dll, Scclo.dll, Sccole2.dll, Sccut.dll, Security.monitors.user.claims.dll, Security.workerlibrary.dll, Security.workerservice.exe, Security.workerservice.exe.config, Tokenization.xml1, Vsacad.dll.disabled, Vsacd2.dll, Vsacs.dll, Vsami.dll, Vsarc.dll, Vsasf.dll, Vsbdr.dll, Vsbmp.dll, Vscgm.dll, Vsdbs.dll, Vsdez.dll, Vsdif.dll, Vsdrw.dll, Vsdx.dll, Vsdxla.dll, Vsdxlm.dll, Vsemf.dll, Vsen4.dll, Vsens.dll, Vsenw.dll, Vseps.dll, Vseshr.dll, Vsexe2.dll, Vsfax.dll, Vsfcd.dll, Vsfcs.dll, Vsfft.dll, Vsflw.dll, Vsfwk.dll, Vsgdsf.dll, Vsgif.dll, Vsgzip.dll, Vshgs.dll, Vshtml.dll, Vshwp.dll, Vshwp2.dll, Vsich.dll, Vsich6.dll, Vsid3.dll, Vsimg.dll, Vsindd.dll, Vsinx.dll, Vsiwp.dll, Vsjbg2.dll, Vsjp2.dll, Vsjw.dll, Vsleg.dll, Vslwp7.dll, Vslzh.dll, Vsm11.dll, Vsmanu.dll, Vsmbox.dll, Vsmcw.dll, Vsmif.dll, Vsmime.dll, Vsmm.dll, Vsmm4.dll, Vsmmfn.dll, Vsmp.dll, Vsmpp.dll, Vsmsg.dll, Vsmsw.dll, Vsmwkd.dll, Vsmwks.dll, Vsmwp2.dll, Vsmwpf.dll, Vsmwrk.dll, Vsow.dll, Vspbm.dll, Vspcl.dll, Vspcx.dll, Vspdf.dll, Vspdfi.dll, Vspdx.dll, Vspfs.dll, Vspgl.dll, Vspic.dll, Vspict.dll, Vspng.dll, Vspntg.dll, Vspp12.dll, Vspp2.dll, Vspp7.dll, Vspp97.dll, Vsppl.dll, Vspsd.dll, Vspsp6.dll, Vspst.dll, Vspstf.dll, Vsqa.dll, Vsqad.dll, Vsqp6.dll, Vsqp9.dll, Vsqt.dll, Vsrar.dll, Vsras.dll, Vsrbs.dll, Vsrft.dll, Vsrfx.dll, Vsriff.dll, Vsrtf.dll, Vssam.dll, Vssc5.dll, Vssdw.dll, Vsshw3.dll, Vssmd.dll, Vssms.dll, Vssmt.dll, Vssnap.dll, Vsso6.dll, Vssoc.dll, Vssoc6.dll, Vssoi.dll, Vssoi6.dll, Vssow.dll, Vsspt.dll, Vsswf.dll, Vstaz.dll, Vstext.dll, Vstga.dll, Vstif6.dll, Vstw.dll, Vstxt.dll, Vsvcrd.dll, Vsviso.dll, Vsvw3.dll, Vsw12.dll, Vsw6.dll, Vsw97.dll, Vswbmp.dll, Vswg2.dll, Vswk4.dll, Vswk6.dll, Vswks.dll, Vswm.dll, Vswmf.dll, Vswml.dll, Vsword.dll, Vswork.dll, Vswp5.dll, Vswp6.dll, Vswpf.dll, Vswpg.dll, Vswpg2.dll, Vswpl.dll, Vswpw.dll, Vsws.dll, Vsws2.dll, Vsxl12.dll, Vsxl5.dll, Vsxlsb.dll, Vsxml.dll, Vsxmp.dll, Vsxps.dll, Vsxy.dll, Vsyim.dll, Vszip.dll, Workerservice.exe.config.template, Wvcore.dll
Impact	Important - Remote Code Execution

MS13-014	Vulnerability in NFS Server Could Allow Denial of Service (2790978)
Description	This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an attacker attempts a file operation on a read only share. An attacker who exploited this vulnerability could cause the affected system to stop responding and restart. The vulnerability only affects Windows servers with the NFS role enabled.
Payload	Nfssvr.sys, Msnfsflt.mof, Msnfsflt.sys, Nfs-servercore-ppdlic.xrm-ms,  Nfssvc.exe, Nfssvr.mof
Impact	Important - Denial of Service

MS13-015	Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2800277)
Description	This security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability in the .NET Framework. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if a user views a specially crafted webpage using a web browser that can run XAML Browser Applications (XBAPs). The vulnerability could also be used by Windows .NET applications to bypass Code Access Security (CAS) restrictions. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. 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.
Payload	No specific file payload
Impact	Important - Elevation of Privilege

MS13-016	Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2778344)
Description	This security update resolves 30 privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to the system and runs a specially crafted application. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit the vulnerabilities.
Payload	Win32k.sys
Impact	Important - Elevation of Privilege

MS13-017	Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2799494)
Description	This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in all supported releases of Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to the system and runs a specially crafted application. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit the vulnerabilities.
Payload	Ntkrnlmp.exe, Ntkrnlpa.exe, Ntkrpamp.exe, Ntoskrnl.exe, Fltmgr.sys, Hal.dll
Impact	Important - Elevation of Privilege

MS13-018	Vulnerability in TCP/IP Could Allow Denial of Service (2790655)
Description	This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an unauthenticated attacker sends a specially crafted connection termination packet to the server.
Payload	Tcpipreg.sys, Tcpip.sys
Impact	Important - Denial of Service

MS13-019	Vulnerability in Windows Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2790113)
Description	This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to a system and runs a specially crafted application. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit this vulnerability.
Payload	Conhost.exe, Kernel32.dll,  Kernelbase.dll, Api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-delayload-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-io-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-localregistry-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-misc-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-threadpool-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-core-xstate-l1-1-0.dll, Api-ms-win-security-base-l1-1-0.dll, Winsrv.dll, Ntvdm64.dll, Wow64.dll, Wow64cpu.dll, Wow64win.dll, Acwow64.dll, Instnm.exe, Setup16.exe, User.exe,Wow32.dll
Impact	Important - Elevation of Privilege

MS13-020	Vulnerability in OLE Automation Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2802968)
Description	This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Automation. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. 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.
Payload	Oleaut32.dll
Impact	Critical - Remote Code Execution

*All results are based on an AOK Application Compatibility Lab’s test portfolio of over 1,000 applications.