The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) : August 2006

August 2006 - Posts

MS06-042 Re-released

Posted Thursday, August 24, 2006 6:44 PM by MSRCTEAM

Hey folks - Mike Reavey here, I wanted to follow up on our Security Advisory we released on Tuesday about the re-release of MS06-042 for IE 6.0 SP1 customers. We've resolved the issues that delayed the re-release and have released the revised update. Read More...

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Power Point Zero Day? No.

Posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 10:20 PM by MSRCTEAM

Hi, Scott here from the MSRC operations team. I just wanted to drop a few lines to clarify the recent buzz/ activity on a PowerPoint zero day that occured over the weekend. Our investigation has proven thus far that customers who are up to date with Office Read More...

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Today's postponed re-release of MS06-042, and posting of a Security Advisory

Posted Tuesday, August 22, 2006 10:45 PM by MSRCTEAM

Hi everyone, Stephen Toulouse here. We wanted to provide you with information about the MS06-042 re-release that was scheduled to occur today. As posted on August 15 th , we noted we would be re-releasing MS06-042 today to address a crashing issue that Read More...

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Update about MS06-042 and IE 6.0 SP1

Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:52 AM by MSRCTEAM

Hey folks - Mike Reavey here, we've made an update to MS06-042 to let customers know of an issue they might see after applying the update to Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 systems. The issue is limited to IE6SP1 only, and then only when visiting a Read More...

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Monday Update on Graweg

Posted Tuesday, August 15, 2006 4:45 AM by MSRCTEAM

So I am back to give what I hope is the last update on the recent MS06-040 exploit. By the way, this is Adrian Stone again. As many of you know from the recent posts, and recent Advisory publication we have been working all weekend to stay on top of the Read More...

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An update on Win32/Graweg

Posted Sunday, August 13, 2006 6:53 PM by MSRCTEAM

Hey everyone, it’s Adrian . Wanted to drop in and let you know where we are in our investigation of Win32/Graweg. As I’m sure you’ve seen by now on our AV partner sites, this is rated as a low threat and doesn’t at this time replicate automatically from Read More...

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MS06-040 attack information

Posted Sunday, August 13, 2006 7:50 AM by MSRCTEAM

Stepto here. It’s a late, late Saturday night. We’ve been made aware of a recent SANS Internet Storm Center diary post several hours ago regarding an active exploit on MS06-040. We wanted to let you know what we’ve been doing about the situation and what Read More...

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Advisory with Information on Exploit Code for MS06-040

Posted Friday, August 11, 2006 7:49 PM by MSRCTEAM

Hey folks - Mike Reavey here, providing you with a quick update on MS06-040 . This morning we released Security Advisory 922437 because we're aware of exploit code that has been published on the Internet for the vulnerability that is addressed by Microsoft Read More...

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August 2006 Microsoft Monthly Bulletin Release: Day Two Update

Posted Thursday, August 10, 2006 1:38 AM by MSRCTEAM

Hi Christopher Budd here, We're into the second day of our August 2006 release and I wanted to check back and let folks know how things are going with this release. It's been about 30 hours since we posted the security updates and I'm happy to be able Read More...

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August 2006 Security Update Release

Posted Wednesday, August 09, 2006 1:34 AM by MSRCTEAM

Hey everyone - Adrian Stone here again, stepping in for Craig Gehre to provide a quick overview of the security updates we've released Today. The full list of the updates released today are below, and, as always, additional information on the specific Read More...