Microsoft security advisory: Update to Improve Wireless Mouse Input Filtering: April 12, 2016

Applies To
Windows 10 Windows 10, version 1511, all editions Windows 8.1 Enterprise Windows 8.1 Pro Windows 8.1 Windows RT 8.1 Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Windows 7 Ultimate Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 Professional Windows 7 Home Premium Windows 7 Home Basic Windows 7 Starter

Summary

Microsoft has released a Microsoft security advisory about this issue for IT professionals. The security advisory contains additional security-related information. To learn more about the vulnerability, see
https:⁠//technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/3152550

How to get and install the update

Method 1: Windows Update

This security update is available through Windows Update. When you turn on automatic updating and plug in affected Microsoft wireless mouse device the first time, this security update will be downloaded and installed automatically. For more information about how to turn on automatic updating, see Get security updates automatically.

Method 2: Manual installation

If you want to manually install this security update, plug in the affected Microsoft wireless mouse device, and then use one of the following methods, depending on your operating system:

  • In Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, open Control Panel, and then select Windows Update > Check for updates > Optional > Microsoft - Keyboard - Wireless Keyboard Filter Device > Install. This security update will be downloaded and installed.

  • In Windows 10 and other Windows operating systems where you can't find Microsoft - Keyboard - Wireless Keyboard Filter Device by running Check for updates, you can get the stand-alone package for this security update from the Microsoft Update Catalog website and manually install the update. For more information, see the following topic.

    How to manually obtain this security update from Windows Update Catalog

    1. Go to Microsoft Update Catalog - Wireless Keyboard Filter Device.
    2. Click Add for the update you want.
    3. Go to Microsoft Update Catalog - Wireless Device.
    4. Click Add for the update you want.
    5. Select view basket > Download, and then select a location for the download.
    6. Click Continue, and then wait until the download process is finished.

    After the update is downloaded, see How to install this security update.

    How to install this security update

    1. Go to the location at which the update was downloaded.

    2. Locate the "Microsoft - Keyboard - Wireless Keyboard Filter Device" folder, and then extract the files from the .cab file.

    3. Open an elevated Command prompt in the folder where the extracted driver is located, and then type the following command:

      pnputil -i -a WirelessKeyboardFilter.inf

    4. Wait until the installation is finished.

    5. Locate the "Microsoft - Pointing Drawing - Wireless Device" folder, and then extract the files from the .cab file.

    6. Open an elevated Command prompt in the folder where the extracted driver is located, and then type the following command:

      pnputil -i -a WirelessDevice.inf

    7. Wait until the installation is finished.

    Note the commands that are listed in steps 3 and 6 may fail if the driver has already been installed. See the How to verify that the update was installed section.

        
      

How to verify that the update was installed

  1. Click Start, type run, and then select Run.

  2. Enter %SystemRoot%\system32\DriverStore\FileRepository, and then click OK.

  3. In the FileRepository folder, search to see whether there are two folders. One folder has the name of the wirelesskeyboardfilter.inf string and the other folder has the name of the wirelessdevice.inf string.

    Note If there are multiple folders, this means there are multiple versions.

More Information

Affected devicesFor this advisory, the following Microsoft wireless devices are affected:

Sculpt Ergonomic mouse
Wireless Mobile Mouse 3000 v2.0
Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500
Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000
Wireless Mouse 1000
Wireless Mouse 2000
Wireless Mouse 5000
Arc Touch Mouse

      

File hash information
Package Name Package Hash SHA 1 Package Hash SHA 2
X86-zh-tw_de_el_en_es_fr_it_ko_pt-br_ru_zh-cn_pt_ja-nec-20856649_c170164cc04507e47e1c8912fcf4222af47c8098.cab C170164CC04507E47E1C8912FCF4222AF47C8098 92945B525462386955298D89B77DC40AAF1C5498759829693161467BF31E4933
AMD64-zh-tw_de_el_en_es_fr_it_ko_pt-br_ru_zh-cn_pt_ja-nec-20856650_298e702c4dfdd30d10dabc1158deaed495c6cf62.cab 298E702C4DFDD30D10DABC1158DEAED495C6CF62 1D65D25E94F753A01EDFE1436052AFBCF29A081B33CFDEDE8146EC2613BCB651
X86-zh-tw_de_el_en_es_fr_it_ko_pt-br_ru_zh-cn_pt_ja-nec-20856662_b8137f1d52c603f0f087fc98223b275878139d7b.cab B8137F1D52C603F0F087FC98223B275878139D7B 87A57BA2B3976DCF660D5E5C86BBF833BB4AC3180B25B28DD7D2FF33EE9CB547
AMD64-zh-tw_de_el_en_es_fr_it_ko_pt-br_ru_zh-cn_pt_ja-nec-20856652_b933c0fd9ff0eceb97addc12588af3dcfa05664f.cab B933C0FD9FF0ECEB97ADDC12588AF3DCFA05664F D79FA403FD941AD4ADDBA5737B7D21605B853E3BDEE6685F2AE69E8B4C0401C6

      

File information

Wireless Keyboard Filter Device driver - 32bit

File name File version File size Date Time Platform
Wdfcoinstaller01009.dll 1.9.7600.16385 1,470,728 29-Mar-2016 15:47 x86
Wirelesskeyboardfilter.cat Not Applicable 8,612 29-Mar-2016 15:46 Not Applicable
Wirelesskeyboardfilter.inf Not Applicable 3,608 29-Mar-2016 01:44 Not Applicable
Wirelesskeyboardfilter.sys 1.0.102.0 44,776 29-Mar-2016 15:47 x86

Wireless Keyboard Filter Device driver - 64bit

File name File version File size Date Time Platform
Wdfcoinstaller01009.dll 1.9.7600.16385 1,730,312 29-Mar-2016 15:48 x64
Wirelesskeyboardfilter.cat Not Applicable 8,628 29-Mar-2016 15:45 Not Applicable
Wirelesskeyboardfilter.inf Not Applicable 3,612 29-Mar-2016 01:44 Not Applicable
Wirelesskeyboardfilter.sys 1.0.102.0 49,384 29-Mar-2016 15:48 x64

Wireless Device driver - 32bit

File name File version File size Date Time Platform
Wirelessdevice.cat Not Applicable 8,835 29-Mar-2016 02:18 Not Applicable
Wirelessdevice.dll 1.0.102.0 119,528 29-Mar-2016 02:18 x86
Wirelessdevice.inf Not Applicable 3,566 29-Mar-2016 02:10 Not Applicable
Wudfupdate_01009.dll 6.1.7600.16385 1,846,032 29-Mar-2016 02:18 x86

Wireless Device driver - 64bit

File name File version File size Date Time Platform
Wirelessdevice.cat Not Applicable 8,852 29-Mar-2016 01:57 Not Applicable
Wirelessdevice.dll 1.0.102.0 142,048 29-Mar-2016 01:58 x64
Wirelessdevice.inf Not Applicable 3,574 29-Mar-2016 01:49 Not Applicable
Wudfupdate_01009.dll 6.1.7600.16385 2,160,912 29-Mar-2016 01:58 x64