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December Patch Tuesday

Posted on December 10th, 2008

Microsoft has released 8 new patches resolving 6 critical and 2 important vulnerabilities found in its various products.  The vulnerability for the Visual Basic 6.0 ActiveX Control has publicly available exploit code, so it should be patched as soon as possible. The products with critical severity vulnerabilities include:

  • GDI
  • Windows Search
  • Internet Explorer
  • Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime Extended Files (ActiveX Controls)
  • Microsoft Office Word
  • Microsoft Office Excel