MS Office Critical Flaw
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on September 4, 2003 at 4:50:42 PM
Another week, another flaw. If you run MS Office instead of Open Office (http://www.openoffice.org), you'll want to get the new patch. There is patch for a critical flaw. An Office program has a critical flaw.
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Several other alerts also involve Office applications. A vulnerability in recent versions of Word could allow hackers to automatically run macros, which are mini-programs typically used to automate routine tasks. The flaw--classified as "important"--requires opening a maliciously crafted document, according to the security bulletin. Customers using Word 2002, 2000, 98 or 97 or Works Suite 2003, 2002 or 2001 are urged to apply the patch, as described in the bulletin.