Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for December 2007

Published: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 | Updated: Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Version: 2.0

This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for December 2007.

With the release of the bulletins for December 2007, this bulletin summary replaces the bulletin advance notification originally issued December 6, 2007. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification.

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Microsoft is hosting a webcast to address customer questions on these bulletins on December 12, 2007, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the December Security Bulletin Webcast. After this date, this webcast is available on-demand. For more information, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Summaries and Webcasts.

Microsoft also provides information to help customers prioritize monthly security updates with any non-security, high-priority updates that are being released on the same day as the monthly security updates. Please see the section, Other Information.

Bulletin Information

Executive Summaries

The security bulletins for this month are as follows, in order of severity:

Critical (3)

Bulletin Identifier	Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-064
Bulletin Title	Vulnerabilities in DirectX Could Allow Remote Code Execution (941568)
Executive Summary	This critical security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft DirectX. These vulnerabilities could allow code execution if a user opened a specially crafted file used for streaming media in DirectX. If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
Maximum Severity Rating	Critical
Impact of Vulnerability	Remote Code Execution
Detection	Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update will not require a restart, except in certain situations.
Affected Software	Windows, DirectX, DirectShow. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.

Bulletin Identifier	Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-068
Bulletin Title	Vulnerability in Windows Media File Format Could Allow Remote Code Execution (941569 and 944275)
Executive Summary	This critical security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Windows Media Format. This vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted file in Windows Media Format Runtime. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
Maximum Severity Rating	Critical
Impact of Vulnerability	Remote Code Execution
Detection	Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update will not require a restart, except in certain situations.
Affected Software	Windows, Windows Media Format Runtime. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.

Bulletin Identifier	Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-069
Bulletin Title	Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (942615)
Executive Summary	This critical security update resolves four privately reported vulnerabilities. The most serious security impact could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
Maximum Severity Rating	Critical
Impact of Vulnerability	Remote Code Execution
Detection	Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update will require a restart.
Affected Software	Windows, Internet Explorer. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.

Important (4)

Bulletin Identifier	Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-063
Bulletin Title	Vulnerability in SMBv2 Could Allow Remote Code Execution (942624)
Executive Summary	This important security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Server Message Block Version 2 (SMBv2). The vulnerability could allow an attacker to tamper with data transferred via SMBv2, which could allow remote code execution in domain configurations communicating with SMBv2.
Maximum Severity Rating	Important
Impact of Vulnerability	Remote Code Execution
Detection	Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update will require a restart.
Affected Software	Windows. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.

Bulletin Identifier	Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-065
Bulletin Title	Vulnerability in Message Queuing Could Allow Remote Code Execution (937894)
Executive Summary	This important security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Message Queuing Service (MSMQ) that could allow remote code execution in implementations on Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, or elevation of privilege in implementations on Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP. An attacker must have valid logon credentials to exploit the elevation of privilege vulnerability on Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts.
Maximum Severity Rating	Important
Impact of Vulnerability	Remote Code Execution
Detection	Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update will require a restart.
Affected Software	Windows. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.

Bulletin Identifier	Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-066
Bulletin Title	Vulnerability in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (943078)
Executive Summary	This important security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Windows kernel. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full administrative rights.
Maximum Severity Rating	Important
Impact of Vulnerability	Elevation of Privilege
Detection	Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update will require a restart.
Affected Software	Windows. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.

Bulletin Identifier	Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-067
Bulletin Title	Vulnerability in Macrovision Driver Could Allow Local Elevation of Privilege (944653)
Executive Summary	This important security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability. A local elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Macrovision driver incorrectly handles configuration parameters. A local attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take control of the system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full administrative rights.
Maximum Severity Rating	Important
Impact of Vulnerability	Local Elevation of Privilege
Detection	Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update will require a restart.
Affected Software	Windows. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.

Affected Software and Download Locations

How do I use this table?

Use this table to learn about the security updates that you may need to install. You should review each software program or component listed to see whether any security updates are required. If a software program or component is listed, then the impact of the vulnerability is listed and also hyperlinked to the available software update.

Note You may have to install several security updates for a single vulnerability. Review the whole column for each bulletin identifier that is listed to verify the updates that you have to install, based on the programs or components that you have installed on your system.

Affected Software and Download Locations

	Details	Details	Details	Details	Details	Details	Details
Bulletin Identifier	MS07-063	MS07-064	MS07-065	MS07-066	MS07-067	MS07-068	MS07-069
Maximum Severity Rating	Important	Critical	Important	Important	Important	Critical	Critical
Windows Operating System
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4 and Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4		[1]	Important			[1]	[1]
Windows XP Service Pack 2		[1]	Moderate		Important	[1]	[1]
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition		[1]			Important	[1]	[1]
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2		[1]			Important	[1]	[1]
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1		[1]			Important	[1]	[1]
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2		[1]			Important	[1]	[1]
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition		[1]			Important	[1]	[1]
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2		[1]			Important	[1]	[1]
Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems		[1]					[1]
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems		[1]					[1]
Windows Vista	Important	[1]		Important		[1]	[1]
Windows Vista x64 Edition	Important	[1]		Important		[1]	[1]
Windows Operating System Components
DirectX 7.0 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4		Critical
DirectX 8.1 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4		Critical
DirectX 9.0* on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4		Critical
DirectX 9.0* on Windows XP Service Pack 2		Critical
DirectX 9.0* on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2		Critical
DirectX 9.0* on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2		Critical
DirectX 9.0* on Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2		Critical
DirectX 9.0* on Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems		Critical
DirectX 10.0 on Windows Vista		Critical
DirectX 10.0 on Windows Vista x64 Edition		Critical
Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4							Critical
Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 when installed on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4							Critical
Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Service Pack 2							Critical
Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2							Critical
Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2							Moderate
Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2							Moderate
Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems							Moderate
Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP Service Pack 2							Critical
Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2							Critical
Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2							Moderate
Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2							Moderate
Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems							Moderate
Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista							Critical
Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista x64 Edition							Critical
Windows Media Format Runtime 7.1 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (KB941569)						Critical
Windows Media Format Runtime 9 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (KB941569)						Critical
Windows Media Format Runtime 9 on Windows XP Service Pack 2 (KB941569)						Critical
Windows Media Format Runtime 9.5 on Windows XP Service Pack 2 (KB941569)						Critical
Windows Media Format Runtime 9.5 on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB941569)						Critical
Windows Media Format Runtime 9.5 on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (KB941569)						Critical
Windows Media Format Runtime 9.5 on Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB941569)						Critical
Windows Media Format Runtime 9.5 x64 Edition on Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB941569)						Critical
Windows Media Format Runtime 9.5 x64 Edition on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB941569)						Critical
Windows Media Format Runtime 11 on Windows XP Service Pack 2 (KB941569)						Critical
Windows Media Format Runtime 11 on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB941569)						Critical
Windows Media Format Runtime 11 on Windows Vista (KB941569)						Critical
Windows Media Format Runtime 11 on Windows Vista x64 Edition (KB941569)						Critical
Windows Media Services 9.1 on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (KB944275)						Critical
Windows Media Services 9.1 x64 Edition on Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB944275)						Critical

Notes

[1] A security update is available for this operating system. See the affected software or component in the table and the appropriate security bulletin for details.

* Includes DirectX 9.0a, DirectX 9.0b, and DirectX 9.0c

Detection and Deployment Tools and Guidance

Security Central

Manage the software and security updates you need to deploy to the servers, desktop, and mobile computers in your organization. For more information see the TechNet Update Management Center. The TechNet Security Center provides additional information about security in Microsoft products. Consumers can visit Security At Home, where this information is also available by clicking “Latest Security Updates”.

Security updates are available from Microsoft Update, Windows Update, and Office Update. Security updates are also available at the Microsoft Download Center. You can find them most easily by doing a keyword search for "security update".

Finally, security updates can be downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog. The Microsoft Update Catalog provides a searchable catalog of content made available through Windows Update and Microsoft Update, including security updates, drivers and service packs. By searching using the security bulletin number (such as, “MS07-036”), you can add all of the applicable updates to your basket (including different languages for an update), and download to the folder of your choosing. For more information about the Microsoft Update Catalog, see the Microsoft Update Catalog FAQ.

Detection and Deployment Guidance

Microsoft has provided detection and deployment guidance for this month’s security updates. This guidance will also help IT professionals understand how they can use various tools to help deploy the security update, such as Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Office Update, the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA), the Office Detection Tool, Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS), and the Extended Security Update Inventory Tool (ESUIT). For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 910723.

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer

The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) allows administrators to scan local and remote systems for missing security updates as well as common security misconfigurations. For more information about MBSA, visit Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.

Note After October 9, 2007, the MSSecure.XML file used by MBSA 1.2.1 will no longer be updated. After this date, no new security updates will be added to the MSSecure.XML file used by MBSA 1.2.1 and no new versions of the Enterprise Scan Tool will be released. This does not affect the Security Update Inventory Tool (SUIT) or Extended Security Update Inventory Tool (ESUIT) for SMS 2.0 and SMS 2003. For more information, visit Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.

Windows Server Update Services

By using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), administrators can quickly and reliably deploy the latest critical updates and security updates for Windows 2000 operating systems and later, Office XP and later, Exchange Server 2003, and SQL Server 2000 to Windows 2000 and later operating systems.

For more information about how to deploy this security update using Windows Server Update Services, visit Windows Server Update Services.

Systems Management Server

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) delivers a highly-configurable enterprise solution for managing updates. By using SMS, administrators can identify Windows-based systems that require security updates and to perform controlled deployment of these updates throughout the enterprise with minimal disruption to end users. For more information about how administrators can use SMS 2003 to deploy security updates, see SMS 2003 Security Patch Management. SMS 2.0 users can also use the Software Updates Services Feature Pack to help deploy security updates. For information about SMS, visit Microsoft Systems Management Server.

Note SMS uses the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and the Microsoft Office Detection Tool to provide broad support for security bulletin update detection and deployment. Some software updates may not be detected by these tools. Administrators can use the inventory capabilities of the SMS in these cases to target updates to specific systems. For more information about this procedure, see Deploying Software Updates Using the SMS Software Distribution Feature. Some security updates require administrative rights following a restart of the system. Administrators can use the Elevated Rights Deployment Tool (available in the SMS 2003 Administration Feature Pack and in the SMS 2.0 Administration Feature Pack) to install these updates.

Other Information

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

Microsoft has released an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services, and the Download Center.

Non-Security, High-Priority Updates on MU, WU, and WSUS

For this month:

Microsoft has released three non-security, high-priority updates and 2007 Microsoft Office Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Update (MU) and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
Microsoft has released three non-security, high-priority updates for Windows and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 on Windows Update (WU) and WSUS.

Note that this information pertains only to non-security, high-priority updates on Microsoft Update, Windows Update, and Windows Server Update Services released on the same day as the security bulletin summary. Information is not provided about non-security updates released on other days.

Security Strategies and Community

Update Management Strategies

Security Guidance for Patch Management provides additional information about Microsoft’s best-practice recommendations for applying security updates.

Obtaining Other Security Updates

Updates for other security issues are available from the following locations:

Security updates are available from Microsoft Download Center. You can find them most easily by doing a keyword search for "security update".
Updates for consumer platforms are available from Microsoft Update.
You can obtain the security updates offered this month on Windows Update, from Download Center on Security and Critical Releases ISO CD Image files. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 913086.

IT Pro Security Community

Learn to improve security and optimize your IT infrastructure, and participate with other IT Pros on security topics in IT Pro Security Community.

Acknowledgments

Microsoft thanks the following for working with us to help protect customers:

Jun Mao of VeriSign iDefense Labs for working with us on an issue described in MS07-064
Peter Winter Smith of NGSSoftware for working with us on an issue described in MS07-064
Jung-hyung Lee of AhnLab for working with us on the defense-in-depth changes to DirectX described in MS07-064
Zero Day Initiative for working with us on an issue described in MS07-065
Venustech of ADLABS for working with us on an issue described in MS07-065
Thomas Garnier of SkyRecon for reporting an issue described in MS07-066
Ryan Smith of ISS X-Force for working with us on an issue described in MS07-068
Alex Wheeler of ISS X-Force for working with us on an issue described in MS07-068
Peter Vreugdenhil working with iDefense VCP for reporting an issue described in MS07-069
An anonymous researcher working with TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative for reporting an issue described in MS07-069
Sam Thomas working with TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative for reporting an issue described in MS07-069
Peter Vreugdenhil working with TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative for reporting an issue described in MS07-069

Support

The affected software listed have been tested to determine which versions are affected. Other versions are past their support life cycle. To determine the support life cycle for your software version, visit Microsoft Support Lifecycle.
Customers in the U.S. and Canada can receive technical support from Microsoft Product Support Services at 1-866-PCSAFETY. There is no charge for support calls that are associated with security updates.
International customers can receive support from their local Microsoft subsidiaries. There is no charge for support that is associated with security updates. For more information about how to contact Microsoft for support issues, visit International Help and Support.

Disclaimer

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Revisions

V1.0 (December 11, 2007): Bulletin summary published.
V1.1 (December 12, 2007): Bulletin updated to reflect changes to the Executive Summaries of MS07-065 and MS-07-067 bulletins.
V1.2 (January 23, 2008): Bulletin updated to reflect changes to the affected software of MS07-064 bulletin.
V2.0 (July 16, 2008): Bulletin updated to reflect changes to the affected software of MS07-064 bulletin.