Attackers seize on new zero-day flaw in Word

Vikingod · Feb 16, 2007, 03:57 PM

Source: ComputerWorld
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Just hours after a Microsoft security manager said that the week's updates had patched all in-the-wild threats against Office applications, the company late yesterday acknowledged that another bug in Word is being used by hackers to commandeer computers.

On Tuesday, Microsoft released 12 security bulletins with patches for 20 vulnerabilities, including six for Word and one each for PowerPoint and Excel.

"All the zero-day [vulnerabilities] in Word and Office were patched Tuesday," Mark Griesi, security program manager for the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), said yesterday.

Feb 16, 2007, 03:57 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,187 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	Attackers seize on new zero-day flaw in Word Source: ComputerWorld _________ Just hours after a Microsoft security manager said that the week's updates had patched all in-the-wild threats against Office applications, the company late yesterday acknowledged that another bug in Word is being used by hackers to commandeer computers. On Tuesday, Microsoft released 12 security bulletins with patches for 20 vulnerabilities, including six for Word and one each for PowerPoint and Excel. "All the zero-day [vulnerabilities] in Word and Office were patched Tuesday," Mark Griesi, security program manager for the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), said yesterday. __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*