bugtraq - Re: Microsoft confirmed Word 0-day vulnerability

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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:37:51 -0700
From: "Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@...bell.net>
To: Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio@...ti.fi>
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Microsoft confirmed Word 0-day vulnerability

Better workaround is to upgrade.

If you see any attacks/web sites hosting files, please note the 
locations and notify secure@...rosoft.com

Juha-Matti Laurio wrote:
> This zero-day vulnerability and related attacks has been confirmed by 
> Microsoft today. This issue affects to Word version 2000.
> It is also reported that Word Viewer application is not affected.
>
> As a workaround it is possible to avoid opening Word files from 
> unrusted sources, including e-mail, Web pages, IMs etc.
> It is reported that these malicious Word files has been hosted on Web 
> sites too.
>
> - Juha-Matti
>
>

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