Microsoft is investigating new public reports of very limited, targeted attacks against Microsoft Word “zero-day� using a vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2000 and Microsoft Office XP.
In order for this attack to be carried out, a user must first open a malicious Office file attached to an e-mail or otherwise provided to them by an attacker.
As a best practice, users should always exercise extreme caution when opening unsolicited attachments from both known and unknown sources. Microsoft has added detection to the Windows Live OneCare safety scanner for up-to-date removal of malicious software that attempts to exploit this vulnerability.
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Microsoft, Vulnearbility, Security, Exploit, Microsoft Word 2000, Microsoft Word, XP, Remote Code Execution
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