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MS06-015: Vulnerability in Windows Explorer could lead to remote code execution

Article ID: 908531 - View products that this article applies to.
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INTRODUCTION

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS06-015. This security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update. This information includes the file manifest information and the deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites, as appropriate for your situation:

MORE INFORMATION

Known issues

After you install security update 908531 (MS06-015), you may experience problems when you use Windows Explorer to work with files or when you run a program. For more information about this problem, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
918165 You may experience problems in Windows Explorer or in the Windows shell after you install security update MS06-015

Properties

Article ID: 908531 - Last Review: September 30, 2011 - Revision: 4.0
APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-Based Systems
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, when used with:
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-Based Systems
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition (32-Bit x86)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (32-Bit x86)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter x64 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2
  • Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
  • Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
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Anonymous User Report As Irrelevant  
Written: 4/18/2006 6:09 PM
This update (908531) breaks several context menu items in windows explorer for XP sp2. It drove me crazy trying to track down the reason which turned out to be this broken update! Remove it and wait for ms to fix it properly before installing it. Several other ISSUES are possible - check ms web site for info on this update.

Mathieu Report As Irrelevant  
Written: 8/6/2006 4:18 AM
This update (KB908531) caused a Visual C++ runtime error after installing it on a Windows 2003 server. Tis box is functioning as a mailserver with Workgroupmail Version 7.6. Workgroupmail was not functioning properly anymore after installation of this fix so I uninstalled it. While shutting down after uninstalling there were a lot og of error messages. Fortunately the server was functiong properly after the ininstall.