Thursday, January 04, 2007

Hackers exploit Word!!!

Third exploit for Word released.
Hackers have released attack code that exploits a critical vulnerability in Microsoft's Word software __ the third such
bug to be disclosed in the past week. The proof of concept code was posted Tuesday, December 12, on the Milw0rm.com Website, making it widely available to the hacking community. It exploits a previously unreported bug in Word. Like the other recent Word bugs disclosed this past week, it could be used by attackers to run unauthorized software on a victim's computer, said David Marcus, security research and communications manager with McAfee Inc.'s Avert Labs
Source:http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/13/HNthirdword1.html

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