Another zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word has been identified, MessageLabs reported on Tuesday. The new, unannounced vulnerability was exploited in an e-mail attack aimed at a few large corporations, Alex Shipp, an engineer with MessageLabs, told TechNewsWorld. The attack — consisting of three copies of malware sent to high-profile executives — only lasted four seconds. Its goal appeared to have been to access confidential information on the targeted computers.
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New MS Word Vulnerability Targets Large Companies
Posted by: Erika Morphy December 12, 2006 11:26 AMAnother zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word has been identified, MessageLabs reported on Tuesday. The new, unannounced vulnerability was exploited in an e-mail attack aimed at a few large corporations, Alex Shipp, an engineer with MessageLabs, told TechNewsWorld. The attack — consisting of three copies of malware sent to high-profile executives — only lasted four seconds. Its goal appeared to have been to access confidential information on the targeted computers.