Severity: High 13 September, 2011 Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Most current versions of Microsoft Office and its components, as well as Office SharePoint and Groove servers and products. How an attacker exploits it: Typically by enticing one of your users to open a malicious Office document Impact: In the worst case, an attacker executes code on your user's … [Read more...]
Microsoft Black Tuesday: Updates for Mangled Office Documents and Malicious WINS Messages
Unless you're one of the eagle-eyed viewers that caught Microsoft's slip last Friday, today is the first day you get to see this month's batch of MS product patches. As expected, Microsoft only released five Important updates for Windows and Office products this month. While none of the updates fix overly critical issues, I'd still recommend you try to install them at your … [Read more...]
Malicious Office Documents Could Open Doors into Your Network
Severity: High 12 April, 2011 Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Most current versions of Microsoft Office, and the components that ship with it How an attacker exploits it: Typically by enticing one of your users to open a malicious Office document Impact: In the worst case, an attacker executes code on your user's computer, gaining complete control of it What to do: … [Read more...]
Vulnerabilities in Word and Excel Document Parsing
Severity: High 10 August, 2010 Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: All current versions of Microsoft Office for Windows and Mac (specifically Word and Excel) How an attacker exploits them: By enticing you to open maliciously crafted Office documents Impact: An attacker can execute code, potentially gaining complete control of your computer What to do: Install the … [Read more...]
Microsoft Office Security Bulletins Affect Excel and SharePoint
Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: All current versions of Microsoft Office (for Windows and Mac) and Office SharePoint Server How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including enticing your users into opening malicious Office documents Impact: Various results; in the worst case, an attacker can gain complete control of your Windows … [Read more...]