Microsoft must be back from their Labor Day break, and they catch up today with five, that’s right, count ’em, five security
bulletins. Office related, primarily using VBA, but read the CNET
article and the Microsoft links for full details. Some seem to revolve
around opening attachments – please don’t do this, folks! – but, if
Word is your email editor, it could be compromised by opening and
replying or forwarding a document. If Word is your email editor, turn
it off.
And get those patches.
“Office users at risk from ‘critical’ flaw.
Microsoft issues another herd of vulnerability reports, including a
“critical” security hole in numerous Office applications that could let
a hacker take control of a PC.” Posted at CNET News.com