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Patch Tuesday

Posted on October 14th, 2008

Today is Patch Tuesday, Microsoft’s monthly patch release day.  There were 11 new advisories released, with 4 of them critical, 6 important and 1 moderate.  The critical patches deal with Active Directory, Internet Explorer, Host Integration Server and Microsoft Excel.  These should be applied as soon as possible.   Remember to test them on a subset of your servers first to make sure they’re compatible with all of the software you currently run.

Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer ActiveX Vulnerability

Posted on July 8th, 2008

GSA Reference Number: AD080708-01

Simply Put: Microsoft Access included with Microsoft Office 2000 through 2003, including Office XP, is vulnerable to remote exploitation through Internet Explorer.  If a user with MS Access installed browses to a malicious website, arbitrary files could be copied to the users machine. The vulnerability can be used to run malicious code on a user’s machine without notification or permission. Gladiator feels this issue is extremely critical.