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Month Archives: October 2007

MSRC Blog: October 25th Update To Security Advisory 943521

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Hi everyone, Bill Sisk here. This week we became aware of publicly disclosed exploit code being used in limited attacks on customers. This change in the threat landscape has prompted us to update last week’s Security Advisory 943521 and triggered our Software Security Incident Response Plan (SSIRP). Third party applications are currently being used as the vector for attack and customers who have applied the security updates available from these vendors are currently protected.

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MSRC Blog: Additional Details and Background on Security Advisory 943521

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Hi everyone. This is Jonathan from the SWI team in the MSRC. We’ve just released Security Advisory 943521 regarding a vulnerability affecting Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP with Internet Explorer 7 installed. As you have probably noted there’s been a fair amount of discussion on this issue. One of the reasons we are releasing this Advisory is due to increased risk given recent discussions about how this vulnerability could be used in attacks.

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MSRC Blog: Security Advisory 943521

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Since this is my first post, I suppose a quick introduction is in order. I’m Bill Sisk, a member of the Security Response Communications Team. My team works to provide communications around security response issues to our customer through MSRC Blogs and other outreach vehicles. As part of that I wanted to let people know that we just posted Microsoft Security Advisory 943521, which gives additional information about a vulnerability in the way Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2003 SP1 and SP2 handle URI’s when only Internet Explorer 7 installed.

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October 2007 Monthly Release

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Hi Everyone! This is Tami Gallupe, MSRC release manager, and here is a brief update on the bulletins we released today. Today, we released 6 bulletins: 4 have a maximum severity rating of Critical and 2 have a maximum severity rating of Important. The bulletins are as follows: MS07-055 addresses a vulnerability in Kodak Image Viewer, and is rated as a Critical bulletin.

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