New PowerPoint attack available - ( 09/28/09 )
09/28/06
A new PowerPoint vulnerability has recently been discovered that affects all versions of PowerPoint, including the Macintosh versions of PowerPoint 2004 and v. X.
A maliciously crafted PowerPoint file with this vulnerability can execute arbitrary code and gain control of the user's account. In Windows, this may cause your computer to be left exposed to trojan backdoors infections.
There is no patch for this attack at this time. Microsoft will address this update during the next Microsoft update to be issued on October 10th.
In the meantime, users are being told to avoid opening unknown or un-trusted PowerPoint files to mitigate the risk of an infection.
Posted by cp493 at 05:45 PM