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Office Updates Mend Word and Outlook Vulnerabilities

November 12, 2013 By Corey Nachreiner

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

May 14, 2013 By Corey Nachreiner

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

May 14, 2013 By Corey Nachreiner

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...]

Four Office-related Updates Fix Productivity Software Vulnerabilities

March 12, 2013 By Corey Nachreiner

Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, OneNote 2010, and Outlook for Mac How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including luring your users into opening malicious Office documents, or into visiting malicious URLs Impact: In the worst case, an attacker can execute code, potentially … [Read more...]

One Critical and Two Important Microsoft Office Updates

August 14, 2012 By Corey Nachreiner

Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Microsoft Office, Visio, SQL Server, Commerce Server, Host Integration Server 2004, Visual FoxPro, and Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime 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 … [Read more...]

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