Microsoft has released a tool for the unpatched LNK Windows shell vulnerability. The company also updated its guidance on how to deal with the flaw. The FixIt tool that Microsoft published Tuesday mitigates the vulnerability by disabling the display of icons in the task bar and the Windows menu. It doesn t entirely patch the vulnerability, but it helps mitigate one of the attack vectors. The next scheduled Patch Tuesday release would be August 10, but Microsoft could release an out-of-band patch before then.
Source: https://threatpost.com/microsoft-releases-fixit-tool-lnk-flaw-072110/74238/