Microsoft Updates for March

As usual, every second Tuesday Microsoft published security updates for its products. On 11th March, Microsoft published four updates (from MS08-014 to MS08-017), all of them rated as critical and affecting Microsoft Office suite.

We recommend you to update your systems as soon as possible, as all this flaws could allow remote code execution to be run.

You can find more information about the security bulletins by clicking the following links:

MS08-014: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution.

MS08-015: Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Could Allow Remote Code Execution.

MS08-016: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution.

MS08-017: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Web Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution.

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This post was written by Ted on March 15, 2008

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Greetings from London

The 6th e-Crime Congress has just finished. With more than 600 delegates, this meeting is becoming one of the most important ones related to the fight against cybercrime. As a strategic sponsor, we had an exhibitor stand:


Speakers from around the world have come to share their knowledge and expertise, you can take a look at the program here. On Wednesday, at session 6 – Going Underground – I presented “The Business of Cybercrime”. You can take a look at the slides here.

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This post was written by Ted on March 13, 2008

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Microsoft Security Advisory (947563): Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution - 1/16/2008

Revision Note: Advisory updated to reflect the correct Excel file formats in the MOICE Workarounds section. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2002, Microsoft Office Excel 2000, and Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac. At this time, our initial investigation indicates that customers who are using Microsoft Office Excel 2007 or Microsoft Excel 2008 for Mac, or who have installed Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Service Pack 3 are not affected by this vulnerability.

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This post was written by Ted on March 13, 2008

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