M$ vulnerability question

There was a post to BugTraq about this a couple days ago. Do NOT open
the attachment. Here is a snippet from a BugTraq Post:

Indeed folks should be careful - this would be the result of the
mass-mail vector propagated by W32/Gibe@MM-infected systems.

This virus (which incidentally drops a Trojan backdoor when it is
activated) was identified by the various AV vendors last week.

NAI - http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99377.htm
Symantec - http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.gibe@mm.html
Sophos - http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32gibea.html
F-Secure - http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/gibe.shtml
Others -
http://www.google.ca/search?q=W32%2FGibe@MM&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

Alex Arndt, GCIA



On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 15:25, John (EBo) David wrote:
>
> I'm not trying to start another flame war, so please do not start...
>
> I was seriously wondering if everyone else is getting the following
> message including the attachment. I've got 4 seperate copies in my
> inbox, and got to thinking that I wonder if the attachment might
> actually be a virus. It would be trivial for someone to attach a virus
> and spoof the header and use that to ship/install a trojan/worm/virus.
>
> As I NEVER run any attachments except those from REALLY trusted
> individuals, I thought I would ask what you all know of this one. Do
> you really think this is lagit?
>
> EBo --
>
> > Microsoft Customer,
> >

> >      this is the latest version of security update, the 
> > known security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer and 
> > MS Outlook/Express as well as six new vulnerabilities, and is 
> > discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-005. Install now to 
> > protect your computer from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of which 
> > could allow an attacker to run code on your computer.

> >
> >
> > Description of several well-know vulnerabilities:
> >
> > ...
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