Microsoft Warns of Zero-Day Attacks 165
wiredmikey writes "Microsoft released an advisory today warning users about a new zero-day under attack in targeted campaigns occurring in the Middle East and South Asia. According to Microsoft, the vulnerability resides in the Microsoft Graphics component and impacts certain versions of Windows, Microsoft Office and Lync. The problem exists in the way specially-crafted TIFF images are handled. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to convince a user to preview or open a specially-crafted email message, open a malicious file or browse malicious Web content. If exploited successfully, the vulnerability can be used to remotely execute code. The vulnerability affects Office 2003, 2007 and 2010 as well as Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. Right now, Microsoft Word documents are the current vector for attack."
Re:New Attack? 0 Day? (Score:5, Informative)
It is a file format that is pretty low on the level of requiring correct formatting and is more or less abandoned by its owner, Adobe. I bet their is a grip of EPS exploits out there for Microsoft's viewer, but very few people would open those. Everyone know EPS is "an Adobe" and forward them on to the graphics department.
Re:I got burned by the font rendering bug last tim (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Already there (Score:5, Informative)
You just described Windows RT.
Re:Already there (Score:4, Informative)
Why only pick on Windows? http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/08/rendering-bug-crashes-os-x-and-ios-apps-with-string-of-arabic-characters/ [arstechnica.com]
Because we picked on apple for that one on August 29th [slashdot.org] and to those of us that are capable of thinking clearly it make very little sense to pick on apple when the topic clearly is a windows vulnerability.
Re:WOW (Score:2, Informative)
So, based on the wording of the advisory, if I am using Office 2010 running on Windows 7, I am both affected and non-affected. How exactly does that work?
You are not affected, you are not software. Your OS, Windows 7, is not affected, as explicitly stated. One of your programs, Office 2010, is affected, as explicitly stated.