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February 13, 2007 Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for 20 vulnerabilities in a variety of products, including one that is part of Windows Vista. TAGS: vulnerability, Microsoft Office, flaw, fix, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows, operating system, PC

February 23, 2007 Despite Microsoft's efforts to lock down the update, eEye finds a hole that could let an outsider run malicious software on a PC. TAGS: eEye Digital Security, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, auditing, flaw, researcher, vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., security, PC

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

April 12, 2005 Software maker investigates report of hole in Office and Access--and of published exploit code that could let attackers take control of PCs. TAGS: flaw, advisory, vulnerability, Microsoft Access, representative, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, software company, researcher, security, database, PC

June 23, 2006 Attackers could commandeer a vulnerable computer by embedding a malicious Flash file in an Office document. TAGS: Office document, ActiveX Control, security problem, Microsoft Office, cyberattack, attacker, vulnerability, security, Microsoft Excel, Symantec Corp., flaw, Microsoft Corp., PC

July 13, 2006 Alert of new, yet-to-be-patched Office flaw being exploited in attacks comes on heels of Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday." TAGS: Microsoft PowerPoint, cyberattack, flaw, vulnerability, security expert, Microsoft Excel, alert, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Office, attack, security, Microsoft Corp., PC

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, Qualys Inc., Microsoft Word, flaw, Microsoft Office, fix, attacker, cyberattack, patch management, patch, vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., security, software company, e-mail, Microsoft Windows

June 20, 2006 Another yet-to-be-patched Excel security hole is reported--and there's sample attack code on the Net, experts say. TAGS: Microsoft Excel, security hole, Microsoft Excel 2003, flaw, vulnerability, attacker, Symantec Corp., spreadsheet, security, patch management, expert, Microsoft Corp., attack, Microsoft Office, e-mail, PC

August 8, 2006 Count 'em: A dozen security updates, nine rated "critical," covering 20 holes in Windows and three in Office. TAGS: bulletin, flaw, DNS, fix, vulnerability, Microsoft Office, attack, Microsoft Corp., security, bug, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Web browser, e-mail, PC

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