Core Services » Microsoft http://coreservices.blog.gustavus.edu A division of Technology Services Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:30:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 MS Word Vulnerability and Exploit http://coreservices.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/05/19/ms-word-vulnerability-and-exploit/ http://coreservices.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/05/19/ms-word-vulnerability-and-exploit/#comments Fri, 19 May 2006 21:33:28 +0000 Dan Oachs http://coreservices.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/05/19/ms-word-vulnerability-and-exploit/ It looks like there is a newly discovered vulnerability in MS Word that is being exploited via email.  I have not yet seen any sign of this here, but no doubt we will see something soon enough.

See the following articles for more information:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1965042,00.asp
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1347
http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/05/19/1718203.shtml

]]> http://coreservices.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/05/19/ms-word-vulnerability-and-exploit/feed/ 0 Carefull out there if you are browsing with IE http://coreservices.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/03/23/carefull-out-there-if-you-are-browsing-with-ie/ http://coreservices.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/03/23/carefull-out-there-if-you-are-browsing-with-ie/#comments Fri, 24 Mar 2006 03:38:23 +0000 Dan Oachs http://coreservices.blog.gustavus.edu/2006/03/23/carefull-out-there-if-you-are-browsing-with-ie/ For anyone who is browsing the internet with Internet Explorer you should be aware that an exploit for a recent vulnerability is being seen on the net.  At this time there is no patch for this from Microsoft.  However if you turn off Active Scripting, you can prevent your browser from being exploited.

Internet Storm Center has more information if you are interested.

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