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Second zero-day flaw found in Word

 December 11, 2006 Flaw could let attacker commandeer a PC and affects several versions of the word-processing program. TAGS: flaw, Microsoft Word, attacker, vulnerability, security, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft advises 'safe mode' for Word

 May 23, 2006 Following at least one targeted attack that exploits a flaw, company suggests running Office application in restricted mode. TAGS: Microsoft Word, attack, flaw, Microsoft Corp., security, e-mail

Attack code published for third Word flaw

 December 14, 2006 Code could be used to crash or commandeer PCs, security firms warn. But Microsoft hasn't yet confirmed the vulnerability. TAGS: vulnerability, Microsoft Word, flaw, security company, code, attack, McAfee Inc., security, Microsoft Corp., PC

No fix yet for zero-day flaw in Word

 December 7, 2006 Microsoft will have patches for Windows and Visual Studio on Tuesday, but apparently not for a Word flaw being used in cyberattacks. TAGS: Microsoft Visual Studio, cyberattack, flaw, development tool, fix, software company, Microsoft Word, security, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Word flaw hit with zero-day attack

 September 5, 2006 "Extremely critical flaw" in Microsoft Word 2000, which has no released patch, could lead to remote execution of code. TAGS: Microsoft Word 2000, vulnerability, flaw, Microsoft Word, Symantec Corp., trojan horse, attack, security, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

No fix yet for Word 2000 flaw

 September 12, 2006 Microsoft releases patches for three security holes, but does not have a fix for a Word 2000 flaw being used in attacks. TAGS: Microsoft Word 2000, flaw, Qualys Inc., attacker, cyberattack, vulnerability, patch, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, patch management, fix, software company, Microsoft Corp., security, e-mail, Microsoft Windows

Windows Mobile flaws could crash phones

 January 31, 2007 Security firm has uncovered two bugs that, if exploited, could crash phones and other devices running Microsoft's Windows Mobile software. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Trend Micro Inc., vulnerability, security company, flaw, denial of service, Microsoft Word, security, mobile device, smart phone, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft leaves Word zero-day holes unpatched

 January 9, 2007 Software giant releases fixes for vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, but several known Word zero-day flaws go without patches. TAGS: bulletin, vulnerability, attacker, patch management, flaw, fix, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Update, Microsoft Word, Automatic Update, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, PC

Zero-day Wednesdays

 July 24, 2006 Why are attacks via unfixed flaws coming out the day after Microsoft's Patch Tuesday? Think corporate espionage, CNET editor Robert Vamosi says. TAGS: Microsoft PowerPoint, flaw, patch management, virus attack, attack, trojan horse, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, virus

Microsoft releases 'critical' updates for new programs

 May 8, 2007 This month's Patch Tuesday focuses on fixes for vulnerabilities in 2007 editions of Internet Explorer, Exchange and Office. TAGS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, vulnerability, fix, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, flaw, Microsoft Update, DNS, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, bug, Microsoft Word, security, Microsoft Windows, e-mail

Microsoft patches zero-day Windows Media flaw

 December 12, 2006 Fix for critical security hole in Windows Media Format was added to Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates at the last moment. TAGS: SNMP, Windows Media Format, flaw, patch management, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Windows Media, vulnerability, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Corp., security, fix, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows

New Excel zero-day flaw used in attacks

 June 16, 2006 At least one customer reports being target of cyberattack exploiting yet-to-be-patched hole in spreadsheet software. TAGS: cyberattack, Microsoft Excel, attack, flaw, vulnerability, software company, fix, spreadsheet, Symantec Corp., security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word

Microsoft plugs 21 security holes

 June 13, 2006 All but two of the 21 Windows, Office and Exchange flaws could let an intruder run code on a compromised computer. TAGS: Qualys Inc., bulletin, Microsoft JScript, security hole, vulnerability, information technology manager, flaw, remote access, Microsoft Exchange Server, patch management, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, service pack, security
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