Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Microsoft Office related products, including Word and Outlook How an attacker exploits them: Typically by enticing users to open or interact with maliciously crafted Office documents or email Impact: In the worst case, an attacker can gain complete control of your Windows computer What to do: Install the appropriate … [Read more...]
Office Patches Mend Word, Visio, Publisher, and Lync
Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Microsoft Office related products, including Word, Visio, Publisher, and Lync How an attacker exploits them: Typically by enticing users to open or interact with maliciously crafted Office documents Impact: In the worst case, an attacker can gain complete control of your Windows computer What to do: Install the … [Read more...]
Office Patches Mend Word, Visio, Publisher, and Lync
Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Microsoft Office related products, including Word, Visio, Publisher, and Lync How an attacker exploits them: Typically by enticing users to open or interact with maliciously crafted Office documents Impact: In the worst case, an attacker can gain complete control of your Windows computer What to do: Install the … [Read more...]
Five Office Updates Primarily Patch Document Handling Vulnerabilities
Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Most current versions of Microsoft Office for Windows and Mac, and related products like Publisher 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 … [Read more...]
Beware Malicious Publisher and Visio Documents
Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: All current version of Microsoft Office Publisher and Visio How an attacker exploits them: By enticing you to open maliciously crafted Publisher or Visio documents Impact: An attacker can execute code, potentially gaining complete control of your computer What to do: Install the appropriate Office Publisher and Visio patches … [Read more...]