If you heard of maliciously rigged PDF files, then you probably have been waiting for Microsoft to patch this vulnerability that they originally blamed FireFox for back in July. Known attack vectors exist in these applications while used with Internet Explorer 7:

  • Mozilla Firefox (2.0.0.5 and lower)
  • Skype (3.5.0.238 and lower)
  • Adobe Acrobat 8.1
  • Miranda 0.7
  • Netscape 7.1
  • MIRC chat for windows

Back early in October, Microsoft released Security Advisory 943521 about the vulnerability and reports of remote code execution with the promise of a new patch. As of today, the patch is released as security bulletin MS07-061.

Windows XP & Windows 2003 Servers using Internet Explorer 7 should update as soon as possible to this patch.

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Author: Christopher

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