{"id":601,"date":"2007-02-06T12:57:16","date_gmt":"2007-02-06T17:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/index.php\/new-zero-day-threat-excels\/"},"modified":"2007-02-11T12:31:35","modified_gmt":"2007-02-11T17:31:35","slug":"new-zero-day-threat-for-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/new-zero-day-threat-for-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"New zero-day threat for Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Microsoft zero-day vulnerabilities are increasingly so commonplace, the risk is lost with the message. On Feb. 2, Microsoft issued another security alert, this one for Excel, that largely went unnoticed.<\/p>\n<p>In its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/technet\/security\/advisory\/932553.mspx\">security bulletin<\/a>, Microsoft warned that &#8220;other Office applications are potentially vulnerable&#8221; to the zero-day flaw.<\/p>\n<p>Zero-day refers to a flaw for which there is an exploit but no available fix. The Excel vulnerability is Microsoft&#8217;s fifth zero-day exploit since December, and part of an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eweek.com\/article2\/0,1895,2087034,00.asp\">increasingly troubling trend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eweek.com\/\">eWeek<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eweek.com\/article2\/0,1895,2090525,00.asp?kc=EWEWEMNL020607EP31A\">New Zero-Day Threat Excels<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Does a house have to fall on you? Anyone still using MS Office after all this time and all these security vulnerabilities probably shouldn&#8217;t be permitted to use a computer. Switch to OpenOffice, you blockheads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft zero-day vulnerabilities are increasingly so commonplace, the risk is lost with the message. On Feb. 2, Microsoft issued another security alert, this one for Excel, that largely went unnoticed. 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