Hi,

My statement was unclear with respect to Windows XP. I included this information about 
WinXP just for the record, to show that there is yet another vulnerability that could 
affect people running unpatched installations of  WinXP. I did not wanted to confuse 
people into thinking that up-to-date WinXP boxes have another hole.

So my statement about WinXP should read :
- if you run Windows XP unpatched, "out of the box", it is vulnerable to this issue 
(and, obviously, many other ones)
- if you did apply MS02-060 patch (also included in SP1 ?), which makes the Help 
Center behave very differently, you are _safe_.

I believe this is true. However, I am not a WinXP user, and I tried that 3 months ago, 
so I may be wrong or unclear. If someone has more accurate information, please post it 
on the list.

Also, a guy from Microsoft told me Windows 2000 does not have an Help Center, so 
obviously Win2000 should not be affected by this issue.


Fozzy


On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 08:55:23 -0800
"Quaker Oats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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> Fozzy,
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> If you read MSFT's advisory, it seems as though they don't believe Windwos XP is 
> vulnerable at all. This runs counter to what you're saying. What's the deal?
> 
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> From: Fozzy [Hackademy Audit] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 12:08 AM
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> Subject: [Full-Disclosure] MS-Windows ME IE/Outlook/HelpCenter critical
> vulnerability
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> - --[ Affected Systems ]--
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> - - Windows ME (any version)
> - - Windows XP without SP1
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> Not vulnerable :
> - - Windows XP with SP1
> 
> Status of Windows 2000 was not tested but is believed to be the same as
> Windows XP.
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> Quaker Oats
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> "...it's mmmm mmmm good"
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