Microsoft Patch Tuesday: May 2013

Application Compatibility Update with Quest® Workspace™ ChangeBASE

Executive Summary
With this May Microsoft Patch Tuesday update, we see a set of 10 updates; 2 of which are marked as “Critical” and 8 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 ten patches, 3 "require a restart to load correctly", and 7 "may require a restart", so as usual, it is probably best to assume all require a restart to be installed correctly.

Sample Results
Here is a sample of an application found to be vulnerable to the issue fixed in the security patch for Microsoft Visio.

And, here is the ChangeBASE Patch Tuesday Red, Amber, Green (RAG) status for May 2013

Security Update Detailed Summary

MS13-037	Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2829530)
Description	This security update resolves eleven 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 the most severe of 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	Browseui.dll, Html.iec, Ieencode.dll, Iepeers.dll, Mshtml.dll, Mshtmled.dll, Mstime.dll, Shdocvw.dll, Tdc.ocx, Url.dll, Urlmon.dll, Vgx.dll, Wininet.dll, W03a3409.dll, Wbrowseui.dll, Wdxtmsft.dll, Wdxtrans.dll, Whtml.iec, Wieencode.dll, Wiepeers.dll, Wmshtml.dll, Wmshtmled.dll, Wmstime.dll, Wpngfilt.dll, Wshdocvw.dll, Wtdc.ocx, Wurl.dll, Wurlmon.dll, Wvgx.dll, Advpack.dll, Corpol.dll, Dxtmsft.dll, Dxtrans.dll, Extmgr.dll, Icardie.dll, e4uinit.exe, Ieakeng.dll, Ieaksie.dll, Ieakui.dll, Ieapfltr.dat, Ieapfltr.dll, Iedkcs32.dll, Ieencode.dll, Ieframe.dll, Iepeers.dll, Iernonce.dll, Iertutil.dll, Ieudinit.exe, Iexplore.exe, Inetcpl.cpl, Jsproxy.dll, Msfeeds.dll, Msfeedsbs.dll, Mshtml.dll, Mshtmled.dll, Msrating.dll, Mstime.dll, Occache.dll, Pngfilt.dll, Url.dll, Urlmon.dll, Vgx.dll, Webcheck.dll, Wininet.dll
Impact	Critical - Remote Code Execution

MS13-038	Security Update for Internet Explorer (2847204)
Description	This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer. 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	Spuninst.exe, Mshtml.dll, Mshtml.tlb
Impact	Critical - Remote Code Execution

MS13-039	Vulnerability in HTTP.sys Could Allow Denial of Service (2829254)
Description	This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an attacker sends a specially crafted HTTP packet to an affected Windows server or client.
Payload	No specific payload
Impact	Important - Denial of Service

MS13-040	Vulnerabilities in .NET Framework Could Allow Spoofing (2836440)This security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability and one publicly disclosed vulnerability
Description	in the .NET Framework. The more severe of the vulnerabilities could allow spoofing if a .NET application receives a specially crafted XML file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could modify the contents of an XML file without invalidating the file's signature and could gain access to endpoint functions as if they were an authenticated user.
Payload	No specific payload
Impact	Important – Spoofing

MS13-041	Vulnerability in Lync Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2834695)
Description	This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Lync. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker shares specially crafted content, such as a file or program, as a presentation in Lync or Communicator and then convinces a user to accept an invitation to view or share the presentable content. In all cases, an attacker would have no way to force users to view or share the attacker-controlled file or program. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to take action, typically by getting them to accept an invitation in Lync or Communicator to view or share the presentable content.
Payload	Appshapi.dll, Appshcom.dll, Appshvw.dll, Communicator.exe, Lcwabext.dll, Ocapi.dll, Ocoffice.dll, Privacypolicy.rtf, Rtmpltfm.dll, Uccp.dll, Uc.dll
Impact	Important - Remote Code Execution

MS13-042	Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2830397)
Description	This security update resolves eleven privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user open a specially crafted Publisher file with an affected version of Microsoft Publisher. 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	Mspub.exe, Prtf9.dll, Pubconv.dll
Impact	Important - Remote Code Execution

MS13-043	Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2830399)
Description	This security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability could allow code execution if a user opens a specially crafted file or previews a specially crafted email message in an affected version of Microsoft Office software. 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	Winword.exe, Wordview.Exe, Wdvprtid.Xml
Impact	Important - Remote Code Execution

MS13-044	Vulnerability in Microsoft Visio Could Allow Information Disclosure (2834692)
Description	This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if a user opens a specially crafted Visio file. Note that this vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate their user rights directly, but it could be used to produce information that could be used to try to further compromise an affected system.
Payload	No specific payload
Impact	Important - Information Disclosure

MS13-045	Vulnerability in Windows Essentials Could Allow Information Disclosure (2813707)
Description	This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Windows Essentials. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if a user opens Windows Writer using a specially crafted URL. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could override Windows Writer proxy settings and overwrite files accessible to the user on the target system. In a web-based attack scenario, a website could contain a specially crafted link that is used to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker would have to convince users to visit the website and open the specially crafted link.
Payload	Win32k.sys
Impact	Important - Information Disclosure

MS13-046	Vulnerabilities in Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation Of Privilege (2840221)
Description	This security update resolves three 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 these vulnerabilities.
Payload	Cdd.dll, Dxgkrnl.sys, Dxgmms1.sys, Lddmcore.ptxml
Impact	Important - Elevation of Privilege

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