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Microsoft Security Updates for February 2008 - TechAmok
Microsoft Security Updates for February 2008 - [security] 03:48 PM EST - Feb,12 2008 - post a comment If you haven't hit the Windows Update button yet today, you should.
Microsoft delivered 11 patches on Tuesday addressing 17 vulnerabilities. Six
updates fix critical flaws and five address important vulnerabilities, but an
already exploited Excel zero day was left unpatched:
MS08-008: Microsoft addressed a vulnerability in
Vista's OLE automation that could allow for a remote
code execution. Microsoft said: This security update
addresses the vulnerability by adding a check on memory
requests within OLE Automation. Affected software
includes Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista,
Microsoft Office 2004 for the Mac and Visual Basic 6.
MS08-009: This patch addressed a vulnerability in
Word that could allow a remote code execution. Microsoft
noted: "An attacker who successfully exploited this
vulnerability could take complete control of an affected
system. An attacker could then install programs; view,
change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full
user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have
fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted
than users who operate with administrative user rights."
Affected software included Office 2000, Office 2003 and
Office Word Viewer 2003.
MS08-007: Another XP and Vista patch. This patch
fixes the WebDAV Mini-Redirector. In a nutshell, it's
another avenue to take control of a system, install
programs and do other things.
MS08-010: This update fixes multiple flaws in IE
that allow for remote code executions. Microsoft said:
"The security update addresses these vulnerabilities by
modifying the way that Internet Explorer handles HTML
and validates data, as well as by setting the kill bit
for an ActiveX control." Stray thought: You could just
kill ActiveX.
MS08-012: This update resolves a remote code
execution flaw in Microsoft Office Publisher. Affects
Microsoft Office Publisher 2000; supported releases of
Microsoft Office Publisher 2002; and supported editions
of Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 Service Pack 2.
MS08-013: Microsoft's update here covers a remote
code execution vulnerability in Office 2000. It's an
important update for Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft
Office 2003 and Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac.
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