Tag: Execution

Microsoft has issued an advanced security bulletin for August 2009 with five of the nine bulletins marked as "critical" and four are labelled as "important". These five critical patches are to patch remote code execution...

Andrew Lyle · Aug 7, 2009 · Hot! with 15 comments

Microsoft has extended the final OEM and reseller delivery date for the Windows XP from January 31, 2009 to May 30, 2009. The cut off date for PC makers to obtain licenses for the software...

Chakkaradeep Chandran · Dec 22, 2008 · Hot! with 63 comments

Just 5 hours after the official release of the latest refresh of Mozilla's flagship browser, an unnamed researcher has sold a critical code execution vulnerability that puts all Firefox 3.0 users at risk of PC...

· Jun 19, 2008 · Hot! with 9 comments

Mozilla has released Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 which fixes a remote exploitation of a vulnerability that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on Linux and Windows. The vulnerability exists when parsing an e-mail if the "Preview"...

· Feb 27, 2008 · Hot! with 3 comments

Exploit code for a third, unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Word has been posted on the Internet, adding to the software maker's struggles to keep up with gaping holes in its popular word processing program. The...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Dec 15, 2006 with 6 comments

Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability in supported versions of Microsoft Windows. Customers who are running Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 in their default configurations, with the...

Steven Parker · Sep 30, 2006 with -1 comments

FrSIRT have identified a critical vulnerability with Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP1 and SP2. The problem could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. The issue is due...

Tom Warren · Aug 18, 2005 · Hot! with -1 comments

Microsoft late Thursday confirmed a security flaw in its dominant Internet Explorer browser could be potentially exploited by malicious hackers to take "take complete control of the affected system." The software giant released a security...

· Jul 1, 2005 · Hot! with -1 comments

Impact of vulnerability: Remote Code Execution - Maximum Severity Rating: Critical Affected Software: Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003 (32bit & 64bit) Overview: A security vulnerability exists in the Microsoft ASN.1 Library...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Feb 10, 2004 with -1 comments

Severity: High (Remote Code Execution) Systems Affected: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 for Windows Server 2003 eEye...

· Sep 5, 2003 with -1 comments

Microsoft VBA is a development technology for developing client desktop packaged applications and integrating them with existing data and systems. Microsoft VBA is based on the Microsoft Visual Basic development system. Microsoft Office products include...

· Sep 3, 2003 with -1 comments

An identified security issue in Microsoft Windows could allow an attacker to compromise a Microsoft Windows-based system and then take a variety of actions. For example, an attacker could execute code on the system. By...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Jul 9, 2003 with -1 comments

Who should read this bulletin: All customers using Microsoft® Windows®. Impact of vulnerability: Three vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could enable an attacker to gain complete control over a user's system. ...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Dec 12, 2002 with -1 comments

The SmartHTML Interpreter (shtml.dll) is part of the FrontPage Server Extensions (FPSE), and provides support for web forms and other FrontPage-based dynamic content. The interpreter contains a flaw that could be exposed when processing a...

· Sep 26, 2002 with -1 comments

Thanks Andrew, Jimmy Daniels & lawtai. Who is Affected: All customers using the Microsoft® MSN Chat control, which is available for direct download and ships with MSN Messenger and Exchange Instant Messenger....

Daniel Fleshbourne · May 9, 2002 with -1 comments

Nothing is sacred : Text e-mails process scripts The only way to secure a computer from hackers is not connect it to the Internet. Since none of us have that luxury, it's...

· Sep 24, 2001 with -1 comments