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Case Study:Use Caution When Deploying Microsoft's Software Update Service


{LANG_NAVORIGIN} Vulnerability Management Patch Management
By: James McVicar, 04/26/2004



Recently, my company acquired the responsibility of providing infrastructure and technical support to a small, non-profit organization. Shortly after acquiring this responsibility, I experienced a "major" problem. Several end users had reported application errors after applying the latest Internet Explorer 5.5 update found on the Windows Update website (windowsupdate.microsoft.com). After a lengthy investigation, it was discovered that the update had modified a Windows system file, (gdi.exe) causing a protection fault whenever a user attempted to print from the company's financial software application (Solomon v2.6). In effect, the update acted like a virus, disabling the company's most important application.

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