Severity: Medium Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Microsoft Office (for PC and Mac), the SharePoint suite of products, and Visual Basic How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including luring your users into opening malicious Office documents, or into visiting web sites with malicious content Impact: In the worst case, an attacker can execute code, … [Read more...]
Microsoft Black Tuesday: Get the XML Core Services Patch Immediately
Have you been jonesing for Microsoft Patch Day like a kitty anticipating the next hit of that sweet, sweet catnip? Ah... probably not. Nonetheless, Patch Day has arrived, so run off and snort your latest dose of security updates now. Microsoft's July bulletin summary highlights nine security bulletins, which fix 16 vulnerabilities in various products including Windows, … [Read more...]
Multiple Office Security Updates: One Affects Other Server Products
Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Microsoft Office, Works, SQL Server, BizTalk Server 2002, Commerce Server, Visual FoxPro, and Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including luring your users to a malicious web site or link, and enticing them to open malicious Works files Impact: In the worst case, an … [Read more...]
Microsoft Office Updates Correct Sharepoint and Visio Flaws
Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: SharePoint, SharePoint Foundation, and Visio Viewer 2010, which are all part of Microsoft's Office suite of products How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including luring your users to a malicious web site or link, and enticing them to open malicious Visio files Impact: In the worst case, an attacker can execute … [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...]