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New Zero-Day Threat Excels
Published February 10th, 2007 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilities
Microsoft zero-day vulnerabilities are increasingly so commonplace, the risk is lost with the message.
On Feb. 2, Microsoft issued another security alert, this one for Excel, that largely went unnoticed In its security bulletin, Microsoft warned that "other Office applications are potentially vulnerable" to the zero-day flaw. Zero-day refers to a flaw for which there is an exploit but no available fix. The Excel vulnerability is Microsoft’s fifth zero-day exploit since December, and part of an increasingly troubling trend.
The zero-day flaw affects Office versions 2000, XP, 2003 and 2004 for the Mac, but not 2007 or Works 2004, 2005 or 2006. New Zero-Day Threat Excels
