Re: Microsoft's GDI Detetection Tool faults

[<albatross () tim it>]

In-Reply-To: <B7C2C6BA798F3C4DBDD78BEDC1F8AD5705D7D30D () nycmb01 law sullcrom com>

The machine is a Windows XP SP1 completly patched with Office 2000 SP 3 completly patched.

I don't have any kind of imaging programs installed (Photoshop, Picture It, etc)

The output from the SANS tool is:

Scanning...
C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$\sxs.dll
   Version: 5.1.2600.0 <-- Vulnerable version
C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB839645$\sxs.dll
   Version: 5.1.2600.1106 <-- Vulnerable version
C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386\sxs.dll
   Version: 5.1.2600.1106 <-- Vulnerable version
C:\WINDOWS\system32\sxs.dll
   Version: 5.1.2600.1515
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.0.0_x-ww_8d353f13\GdiPlus.dll
   Version: 5.1.3097.0 <-- Vulnerable version
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.10.0_x-ww_712befd8\GdiPlus.dll
   Version: 5.1.3101.0 <-- Vulnerable version
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.2600.1360_x-ww_24a2ed47\GdiPlus.dll
   Version: 5.1.3102.1360
Scan Complete.


Does anybody know what the content of the WinSxS directory under the windows installation path is?

albatross


> How did you test this (and on what platform), and why do you propose
> that the SANS tool is delivering more accurate results than the GDI tool
> delivered by Microsoft?
>
> I tested the SANS tool against a properly patched XP system on Friday
> and found it to false positive on many of the locations it said it
> wouldn't test on.  Additionally, I found it to alert on MS09.dll, on an
> XP system.  Our understanding from Microsoft is that MS09.DLL only needs
> to be updated to be fully compatible with an updated GDIPLUS.DLL in the
> system directory, it is not directly vulnerable.
>
> So, it would be good to know what you found.
>
> Best,
>
> Gaby