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XP security hole uplddrvinfo.htm


From: gobbles () hush com (gobbles () hush com)
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 14:23:07 -0700

fuck you 2.

mindless consultant rely on charletan look dumb fuck
gibson suck nothing but shit covered dick
Paul Tinsley get gibson left over
must taste good
here is invoice
i look smart
hire again
mom is proud

You people amaze me.... you are too busy proving that each othe
r suck to
just get the word out on exploits.  You should note that I neve
r claimed
who discovered it, I honestly don't care.  I know personally I 
would
prefer if political agendas or conspiracy theories stay off the
list.
Point is, systems are insecure, get the word out.  Pat on the b
ack for
whoever did discover it...

So revised version of original message: 
I haven't seen much if any coverage of a rather nasty exploit i
n Windows
XP that was discovered by what I believe was a human on earth. 
If you
would like to keep your XP boxes from being venerable to this e
xploit
which happens to delete whatever a properly formed link request
s, delete
%windir%\PCHEALTH\HELPCTR\System\DFS\uplddrvinfo.htm

Thank you to Thor for posting more accurate information in repl
y to my
message....
Shane Hird discovered it.
You can see his post here:

http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2002/08/msg00224.h
tml

And you can try a proof-of-concept here:

http://jscript.dk/2002/8/sec/xphelpdelete.html

And you can see all of the 20 publicly known unpatched vulnerab
ilities
in Internet Explorer here:

http://www.pivx.com/larholm/unpatched/


-----Original Message-----
From: gobbles () hush com [mailto:gobbles () hush com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] XP security hole uplddrvinfo.htm



-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Steve Gibson=FUD charlaten   www.grcsucks.com

Sorry if this has already been posted but I was made aware of 
a
rather
ugly security hole in Windows XP.


FUD FUD FUD

This vulnerability allows the files contained in any specified

directory
on your system to be deleted if you click on a specially forme
d
URL.
This URL could appear anywhere: sent in malicious eMail, in a 
c
hat room,
in a newsgroup posting, on a malicious web page, or even execu
t
ed when

Geogie Guninski discovered this long time ago.  Major vulnerabi
lity also
exist if user type format command wrong.

Gibson no skills not discover this.

your computer merely visits a malicious web page. It is likely

to be
widely exploited soon.

Widely exploited soon?  Gibson planning something?

bullshit bullshit bullshit


This vulnerability is so dangerous that it would be irresponsi
b
le for me
to say more. Microsoft has known of this problem for months an
d

FUD FUD FUD bullshit bullshit bullshit.  Gibson is marketing.  
General
terms high level bullshit mean more consultant dollars.

has,
inexplicably, done nothing before now. Although XP's Service P
a
ck 1 is
not small (approx 30 MB for express installation or 140 MB for

the
network install), and even though a much quicker and easier so
l
ution to
this problem exists, the only thing I can safely recommend (wi
t
hout
revealing too much) is to urge all XP users to somehow obtain 
a
nd
install Service Pack 1 immediately. (If you have a slow Intern
e
t
connection, perhaps a friend can download the executable Servi
c
e Pack
file and burn it onto a CD for you?)

More fud fud fud bullshit bullshit bullshit.  Problem fixed wit
h hotfix
not sp1.  Gibson very dumb.

This problem does not affect any systems other than Windows XP
.
If you
have any friends or co-workers running Windows XP, please urge

them to
update their systems' too. Once the details of this vulnerabil
i
ty have
leaked through other channels I will provide additional inform
a
tion.

Gibson planning leak?  Tell friends that Gibson great security 
guy and
pay to consult.  bullshit bullshit bullshit FUD FUD FUD

there is an alternative. There's a file you can rename or dele
t
e to fix
the security hole. Here are the steps:

Perform a search for a file on your C drive called "uplddrvinf
o
.htm."
Once you've found the file, delete it or rename it. Doing so w
i
ll not
hinder your ability to use Windows XP.

bullshit bullshit bullshit.

Does not fix problem.  Gibson is dumb.

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You people amaze me.... you are too busy proving that each othe
r suck to
just get the word out on exploits.  You should note that I neve
r claimed
who discovered it, I honestly don't care.  I know personally I 
would
prefer if political agendas or conspiracy theories stay off the
list.
Point is, systems are insecure, get the word out.  Pat on the b
ack for
whoever did discover it...

So revised version of original message: 
I haven't seen much if any coverage of a rather nasty exploit i
n Windows
XP that was discovered by what I believe was a human on earth. 
If you
would like to keep your XP boxes from being venerable to this e
xploit
which happens to delete whatever a properly formed link request
s, delete
%windir%\PCHEALTH\HELPCTR\System\DFS\uplddrvinfo.htm

Thank you to Thor for posting more accurate information in repl
y to my
message....
Shane Hird discovered it.
You can see his post here:

http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2002/08/msg00224.h
tml

And you can try a proof-of-concept here:

http://jscript.dk/2002/8/sec/xphelpdelete.html

And you can see all of the 20 publicly known unpatched vulnerab
ilities
in Internet Explorer here:

http://www.pivx.com/larholm/unpatched/


-----Original Message-----
From: gobbles () hush com [mailto:gobbles () hush com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] XP security hole uplddrvinfo.htm



-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Steve Gibson=FUD charlaten   www.grcsucks.com

Sorry if this has already been posted but I was made aware of 
a
rather
ugly security hole in Windows XP.


FUD FUD FUD

This vulnerability allows the files contained in any specified

directory
on your system to be deleted if you click on a specially forme
d
URL.
This URL could appear anywhere: sent in malicious eMail, in a 
c
hat room,
in a newsgroup posting, on a malicious web page, or even execu
t
ed when

Geogie Guninski discovered this long time ago.  Major vulnerabi
lity also
exist if user type format command wrong.

Gibson no skills not discover this.

your computer merely visits a malicious web page. It is likely

to be
widely exploited soon.

Widely exploited soon?  Gibson planning something?

bullshit bullshit bullshit


This vulnerability is so dangerous that it would be irresponsi
b
le for me
to say more. Microsoft has known of this problem for months an
d

FUD FUD FUD bullshit bullshit bullshit.  Gibson is marketing.  
General
terms high level bullshit mean more consultant dollars.

has,
inexplicably, done nothing before now. Although XP's Service P
a
ck 1 is
not small (approx 30 MB for express installation or 140 MB for

the
network install), and even though a much quicker and easier so
l
ution to
this problem exists, the only thing I can safely recommend (wi
t
hout
revealing too much) is to urge all XP users to somehow obtain 
a
nd
install Service Pack 1 immediately. (If you have a slow Intern
e
t
connection, perhaps a friend can download the executable Servi
c
e Pack
file and burn it onto a CD for you?)

More fud fud fud bullshit bullshit bullshit.  Problem fixed wit
h hotfix
not sp1.  Gibson very dumb.

This problem does not affect any systems other than Windows XP
.
If you
have any friends or co-workers running Windows XP, please urge

them to
update their systems' too. Once the details of this vulnerabil
i
ty have
leaked through other channels I will provide additional inform
a
tion.

Gibson planning leak?  Tell friends that Gibson great security 
guy and
pay to consult.  bullshit bullshit bullshit FUD FUD FUD

there is an alternative. There's a file you can rename or dele
t
e to fix
the security hole. Here are the steps:

Perform a search for a file on your C drive called "uplddrvinf
o
.htm."
Once you've found the file, delete it or rename it. Doing so w
i
ll not
hinder your ability to use Windows XP.

bullshit bullshit bullshit.

Does not fix problem.  Gibson is dumb.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: Hush 2.1
Note: This signature can be verified at https://www.hushtools.c
om

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gkCxM
SwzADNeDmHjVlFWgxDpK9yoAn3sN5Hqhxdyn9xOAFsdmtRYDN3Vd
=Ok0V
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----




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