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: Install Microsoft Office … [Read more...]
Apple Posts OS X Java Updates for Tiger and Leopard
Summary: This vulnerability affects: OS X 10.5.x (Leopard) and 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) How an attacker exploits it: By enticing your users to a malicious website containing specially crafted Java applets Impact: In the worst case, an attacker executes code on your user's computer, with that user's privileges What to do: Install Java for OS X 10.5 Update 8 or Java for OS X … [Read more...]
Firefox 3.6.11 Delivers 13 Security Fixes
Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Firefox 3.6.x and 3.5.x for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh How an attacker exploits it: Typically by enticing one of your users to visit a malicious web page Impact: Various results; in the worst case, an attacker executes code on your user's computer, gaining complete control of it What to do: Upgrade to Firefox … [Read more...]
More Security Vulnerabilities Affect Word and Excel
Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: All current versions of Microsoft Office for Windows and Mac (specifically Word and Excel) How an attacker exploits them: Typically, 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 appropriate Office patches … [Read more...]
Out-of-Cycle Reader Update Corrects Flash-related Vulnerability: Also Fixes 22 Other Security Vulnerabilities
Summary: This vulnerability affects: Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.3.4 and earlier, on Windows, Mac, and UNIX computers How an attacker exploits it: Typically, by enticing your users into viewing a maliciously crafted PDF document Impact: An attacker can execute code on your computer, potentially gaining control of it What to do: Install Adobe's … [Read more...]