Re: Microsoft's GDI Detetection Tool faults

[the rxmr <the.rxmr () gmail com>]

On 27 Sep 2004 17:46:24 -0000, albatross () tim it <albatross () tim it> wrote:
> In-Reply-To: <B7C2C6BA798F3C4DBDD78BEDC1F8AD5705D7D30D () nycmb01 law sullcrom com>
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> The machine is a Windows XP SP1 completly patched with Office 2000 SP 3 completly patched.
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> I don't have any kind of imaging programs installed (Photoshop, Picture It, etc)
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> The output from the SANS tool is:
>
> Scanning...
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> C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$\sxs.dll
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>    Version: 5.1.2600.0 <-- Vulnerable version
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> C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB839645$\sxs.dll
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>    Version: 5.1.2600.1106 <-- Vulnerable version
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> C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386\sxs.dll
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>    Version: 5.1.2600.1106 <-- Vulnerable version
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> C:\WINDOWS\system32\sxs.dll
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>    Version: 5.1.2600.1515
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> C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.0.0_x-ww_8d353f13\GdiPlus.dll
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>    Version: 5.1.3097.0 <-- Vulnerable version
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> C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.10.0_x-ww_712befd8\GdiPlus.dll
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>    Version: 5.1.3101.0 <-- Vulnerable version
>
> C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.2600.1360_x-ww_24a2ed47\GdiPlus.dll
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>    Version: 5.1.3102.1360
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> Scan Complete.
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> Does anybody know what the content of the WinSxS directory under the windows installation path is?
>
> albatross
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>
>
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> > How did you test this (and on what platform), and why do you propose
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> > that the SANS tool is delivering more accurate results than the GDI tool
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> > delivered by Microsoft?
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> >
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> > I tested the SANS tool against a properly patched XP system on Friday
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> > and found it to false positive on many of the locations it said it
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> > wouldn't test on.  Additionally, I found it to alert on MS09.dll, on an
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> > XP system.  Our understanding from Microsoft is that MS09.DLL only needs
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> > to be updated to be fully compatible with an updated GDIPLUS.DLL in the
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> > system directory, it is not directly vulnerable.
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> >
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> > So, it would be good to know what you found.
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> >
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> > Best,
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> >
>
> > Gaby
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> >

> From an earlier discussion on Bugtraq:

http://lists.sans.org/pipermail/list/2004-September/062106.html

> From the page:

"from what I understand the WinSxS folder is a housing area for
shared .dll's to eliminate dll hell."

Here's a couple more links:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sbscs/setup/assembly_searching_sequence.asp

http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=10&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=WinSxS&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&safe=images

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