Amid growing consumer concern and increasing media attention, Microsoft yesterday did something rather rare: It released an out-of-cycle patch. The company issued the fix for the zero-day Metafile vulnerability five days ahead of schedule. The hole is related to Windows metafiles, which are image files used by popular applications, such as Microsoft Word. So far, WMF exploits typically have been used to install spyware and adware.
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Microsoft Releases First Patch of ’06
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire January 6, 2006 09:37 AMAmid growing consumer concern and increasing media attention, Microsoft yesterday did something rather rare: It released an out-of-cycle patch. The company issued the fix for the zero-day Metafile vulnerability five days ahead of schedule. The hole is related to Windows metafiles, which are image files used by popular applications, such as Microsoft Word. So far, WMF exploits typically have been used to install spyware and adware.