More Microsoft vulnerability woes

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 28, 2006

PowerPoint problem tops off busy month for MS.

Yet another vulnerability has been revealed in a Microsoft product, this time in the PowerPoint slideshow software.

The problem is reportedly already being exploited in the wild by several dropper trojans. The vulnerability is described by Secunia as 'extremely critical'. Microsoft has been criticised, by McAfee among others, for apparently knowing about the flaw but keeping quiet about it. According to McAfee bloggers, identities were released quietly for OneCare on September 23rd, to protect against two of the trojans known to be exploiting the hole.

This latest issue just a day after the widely publicised VML flaw was hurriedly patched by Microsoft in a break to their usual patching cycle.

The Secunia alert is here. An entry in the AVERT blog is here.

Posted on 28 September 2006 by Virus Bulletin

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