Microsoft Windows Knowledge Base Article 970238 update is not installed (WinMs09kb970238Update)

Vuln ID: 50798
Risk Level: High risk vulnerability  High WinMs09kb970238Update
Platforms: Microsoft Windows 2000: SP4, Microsoft Windows XP: SP2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Server 2003: SP2, Microsoft Windows Server 2003: SP2 Itanium, Microsoft Windows Server 2003: SP2 x64, Microsoft Windows Vista: x64, Microsoft Windows XP: SP2 x64 Professional, Microsoft Windows Vista: SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista: SP1 x64, Microsoft Windows Server 2008: Itanium, Microsoft Windows Server 2008: x32, Microsoft Windows Server 2008: x64, Microsoft Windows XP: SP3, Microsoft Windows Vista: SP2 x64, Microsoft Windows Vista: SP2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008: SP2 x32, Microsoft Windows Server 2008: SP2 x64, Microsoft Windows Server 2008: SP2 Itanium
Description:

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 970238 is not installed, which could allow a remote attacker to exploit the following vulnerabilities:

Microsoft Windows could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the improper updating of the internal state. By sending a specially-crafted RPC message that allows the reading of a pointer from an incorrect location, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges.
Remedy:

Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-026. See References.
False Positives:
False Negatives:
Required Permission: Windows login
Additional Information:

References:

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-026
Vulnerability in RPC Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (970238)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-026.mspx

IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force Database
Microsoft Windows RPC Marshalling Engine code execution
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/50797

ISS X-Force
Microsoft Windows Knowledge Base Article 970238 update is not installed
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/50798.php

CVE CVE-2009-0568
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0568
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