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December 2006 - Posts

New report of a Windows vulnerability

Posted Friday, December 22, 2006 1:05 AM by MSRCTEAM
Hi everyone, As usual the holiday season is a busy time for everyone including those of us here in the MSRC. I hope that everyone has finished their holiday shopping so they can enjoy the long weekend. This is Mike Reavey by the way in case anyone was Read More...
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Update on accidental posting of pre-release security updates for Office for Mac

Posted Friday, December 15, 2006 10:38 PM by MSRCTEAM
We wanted to follow up with Office for Mac users on what to do if you installed the pre-release security updates released on Tuesday. Because the Office for Mac update that was erroneously released had additional, non-security fixes, the Office for Mac Read More...
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Update on Current Word Vulnerability Reports

Posted Friday, December 15, 2006 7:17 PM by MSRCTEAM
Hey everyone, Alexandra Huft here. I wanted to try and summarize/clarify for everyone the three current Word Zero-Day issues that have been reported to Microsoft. First, I wanted everyone to know that we’re actively investigating and monitoring all of Read More...
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Information on accidental posting of pre-release security updates for Office for Mac

Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 2:09 AM by MSRCTEAM
We’ve seen some question s from customers about some security updates that posted for a while today for Office for Mac that they didn’t see any security bulletins for. I wanted to let you know that these weren’t security updates related to this month’s Read More...
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December 2006 Monthly Security Bulletin Release

Posted Tuesday, December 12, 2006 9:34 PM by MSRCTEAM
Hello, this is Christopher Budd. I wanted to let you know that as part of our standard monthly bulletin release process we’ve released our security bulletins for December 2006. · Microsoft Windows ( MS06-072 ) · maximum severity rating of Critical · vulnerabilities Read More...
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New Report of A Word Zero Day

Posted Sunday, December 10, 2006 7:34 PM by MSRCTEAM
Hi All, Scott Deacon here, well a busy week extends into a busy weekend for the MSRC!! We are investigating reports of another new vulnerability in Microsoft Word – initial investigation has shown that this is a different issue to that reported in Microsoft Read More...
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What “very limited, targeted attacks” Means

Posted Friday, December 08, 2006 12:41 AM by MSRCTEAM
Hi, this is Christopher Budd. We’ve gotten some question from customers about what we mean when we say we’re aware of “very limited, targeted attacks” in a security advisory. I wanted to take a moment and help give some clarity. When we talk about “very Read More...
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Public Proof of Concept Code for ASX File Format Isssue

Posted Thursday, December 07, 2006 10:42 PM by MSRCTEAM
Hey everyone this is Alexandra Huft I wanted to let you know that we’re aware of proof-of-concept code published publicly affecting Windows Media ASX file format. We are currently investigating this report. We are not currently aware of attempts to exploit Read More...
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December 2006 Advanced Notification

Posted Thursday, December 07, 2006 6:17 PM by MSRCTEAM
Hello, This is Christopher Budd and I'm posting here today to let you know that we've posted our Advanced Notification for the December 2006 Microsoft Monthly Security Bulletin Release. Next Tuesday, on December 12, 2006 at approximately 10:00 am PT we Read More...
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Microsoft Security Advisory (929433) Posted

Posted Wednesday, December 06, 2006 1:28 AM by MSRCTEAM
Hey everyone this is Alexandra Huft I wanted to let people know that we just posted Microsoft Security Advisory (929433) which involves Microsoft Word. We are currently investigating a report of a proof of concept which may allow an attacker to execute Read More...
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