It’s that time again. The only difference for me this time is that I’ll be relaxing on the deck. I’ll stop basking in it once I start the new gig.
From PC World:
Although Microsoft’s note does not describe the bugs in detail, it looks like the company is planning to fix a known bug in the Jet database engine, which was disclosed in late March. Attackers had figured out a new way to launch a malicious Jet file using Microsoft Word, Microsoft warned in a blog posting.
Jet files, which have a .mdb extension, are typically blocked by Outlook, but “attackers have figured out a way to work around the mitigations built into Outlook,” Microsoft said in its post.
The Jet flaw affects Windows XP, 2000 and Server 2003 Service Pack 1.
The Word flaw is rated critical for both Windows and Mac users.
Although rated only “moderate,” the DoS bug in Microsoft’s security products is also a cause for concern. It affects many Microsoft security products including OneCare, Antigen, Windows Defender, Standalone System Sweeper and several Forefront Security products.
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