Aug23
3:29 pm (UTC-7) | by
Rainer Link (Senior Threat Researcher)
In case you haven’t seen it yet, read-up on this 0-day exploit and MS’s analysis here.
Mitigating Factors:
- The Microsoft DDS Library Shape Control (Msdds.dll) does not ship in Windows.
- The Microsoft DDS Library Shape Control (Msdds.dll) does not ship in the .NET Framework.
- Customers who do not have Msdds.dll on their systems are not affected by this vulnerability.
- The affected versions of Msdds.dll are 7.0.9064.9112 and 7.0.9446.0. Customers who have Msdds.dll with version 7.0.9955.0, 7.10.3077.0, or higher on their systems are not affected by this vulnerability.
- Customers who use Microsoft Office 2003 are not affected by this vulnerability.
- Customers who use Microsoft Access 2003 are not affected by this vulnerability.
- Customers who use Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 are not by default affected by this vulnerability. See Frequently Asked Question “I am running Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3, am I affected by this vulnerability?” for additional details.
- Customers who use Microsoft Access 2002 Service Pack 3 are not by default affected by this vulnerability. See Frequently Asked Question “I am running Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3, am I affected by this vulnerability?” for additional details.
- Customers who use Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 are not affected by this vulnerability.
- Customers who use Microsoft Visual Studio 2002 Service Pack 1 are not affected by this vulnerability.
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