Heads up MS Word 0 day!

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February 15th, 2007, 10:09 PM
nihil

Heads up MS Word 0 day!

I just saw this, seems to be quite specific in its target but could be reused?

It wasn't covered in the February patches.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/...leID=197006393
February 16th, 2007, 01:09 PM
the tree

Specific in its target? Doesn't Office XP ship with Windows XP? I'm fairly sure it would cover a fairly large demographic.
Of course the point here, is just yet another reason not to open unsolicited attachments.

Also, although it's not patched yet, it can be identified by the "OneCare" scanner, although I'm not sure how many people use that.
February 16th, 2007, 02:09 PM
MadBeaver

I think it was saying the attack itself was specific. It wasn't mass mailed to a large number of users, it was sent to two people that work for the same company.
February 16th, 2007, 02:42 PM
phishphreek

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Originally Posted by the tree

Specific in its target? Doesn't Office XP ship with Windows XP? I'm fairly sure it would cover a fairly large demographic.
Of course the point here, is just yet another reason not to open unsolicited attachments.

Also, although it's not patched yet, it can be identified by the "OneCare" scanner, although I'm not sure how many people use that.

Office XP is not shipped with XP by default. (Actually, no Office version.) I've seen it bundled with specific OEMs and sometimes Office is bundled as a trial version. However, if you go install a retail XP version, Office is not included.