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| 17 Nov 2009 | #1 |
| | Microsoft bracing for malware attacks from embedded fon Microsoft bracing for malware attacks from embedded fonts VULNERABILITIES Security researchers say it’s only a matter of time — days not weeks — before malicious hackers start exploiting one of the vulnerabilities via booby-trapped Web pages or Office (Word or PowerPoint) documents. The specific vulnerability — in the font parsing subsystem of the win32.sys driver — provides an entry point for hackers to take complete control of an unpatched machine without any user action beyond normal browsing or opening a rigged document file. … Microsoft’s MS09-065 bulletin says an exploit was already publicly available before the update was ready on Patch Tuesday, meaning that malware authors have gotten a long head start researching entry points for attacks. Date: 12 November 2009 More...........Microsoft bracing for malware attacks from embedded fonts | Zero Day | ZDNet.com |
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| 17 Nov 2009 | #2 |
| | The Microsoft Security Bullentin says Windows 7 is not affected. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../MS09-065.mspx |
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| 18 Nov 2009 | #3 |
| | You are correct, sorry. Note to self......read the damn article reghakr |
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