ALISO VIEJO, CA / Heemstede, 15 Augustus 2005 --- eEye Digital Security, a leading software developer of network security solutions enabling businesses to protect their network infrastructure, today released a free scanning utility for the Plug and Play Service vulnerability, as a means of preemptive protection for a remotely exploitable vulnerability in the Windows platform.
Several instances of proof of concept, or "exploit" code have surfaced, targeting the recently announced Plug and Play Service Vulnerability (MS05-039), originally disclosed on August 9, 2005. If successfully exploited, the vulnerability could allow an attacker to take full control of a remote system and potentially perform malicious tasks. This flaw is similar to other serious vulnerabilities that have been used in the past to create worms such as Blaster and Sasser.
eEye is committed to enhancing security for the Internet community and helping companies maintain a safe computing environment by offering a free scanning tool to facilitate the discovery of vulnerable machines. The Retina® UMPNP Scanner audit tool scans networked systems and detects if any are vulnerable to the vulnerability, allowing administrators to efficiently protect their networks. This audit tool is based on eEye’s award winning Retina® Network Security Scanner product. While this particular tool allows for a quick audit for this vulnerability, the complete Retina product detects over thousands of vulnerabilities to provide ongoing, comprehensive vulnerability assessments for any network.
Existing Retina customers have already received their updated audit package and can scan immediately. For organisations where immediate scanning and patching is not an option, eEye’s Blink Endpoint Vulnerability Prevention solution offers preventive protection from vulnerabilities in the absence of patches.
To download the free tool, please visit here.
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