Microsoft Office Web Components Zero Day Threat

[reghakr]

Microsoft Office Web Components Zero Day

Date:07.14.2009

Threat Type: Malicious Web Site / Malicious Code

Websense Security Labs ThreatSeeker is currently tracking exploit sites related to a new zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office Web Components. CVE-2009-1136 has been allocated to this vulnerability. The vulnerable component is an ActiveX object used by Internet Explorer to display and publish spreadsheets, charts, and databases to the Web. Microsoft Security Advisory 973472 offers a workaround for the zero-day and further technical information can be found on Microsoft's Security Research and Defense blog.

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Additional Info:

http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6778
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/973472.mspx
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/07/13/microsoft-security-advisory-973472-released.aspx
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Microsoft-Warns-of-New-Attack-as-Patch-Tuesday-Nears-854317/
http://www.scmagazineus.com/Another-ActiveX-zero-day-bug-from-Microsoft/article/139939/
http://www.h-online.com/security/Microsoft-warns-of-vulnerability-in-Office-Web-Component--/news/113752
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/07/microsoft_newly_discovered_ms.html
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135471/Microsoft_admits_new_ActiveX_zero_day_bug?source=rss_security

 

[Aheaton]

Microsoft Office Web Components Zero Day

Date:07.14.2009

Threat Type: Malicious Web Site / Malicious Code

Websense Security Labs ThreatSeeker is currently tracking exploit sites related to a new zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office Web Components. CVE-2009-1136 has been allocated to this vulnerability. The vulnerable component is an ActiveX object used by Internet Explorer to display and publish spreadsheets, charts, and databases to the Web. Microsoft Security Advisory 973472 offers a workaround for the zero-day and further technical information can be found on Microsoft's Security Research and Defense blog.

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Thanks for the info!!