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  Microsoft issues PowerPoint security alert
Time: 12:45 EST/17:45 GMT | News Source: VNUNet | Posted By: Byron Hinson

Microsoft has warned of a vulnerability in PowerPoint that could enable a hacker to gain remote control of a PC. A security advisory from the company offers advice on how to guard against the exploit, and said that attacks have already been seen in the wild. Microsoft is investigating new reports of a vulnerability in Microsoft Office PowerPoint that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted PowerPoint file. At this time, we are aware only of limited and targeted attacks that attempt to use this vulnerability."

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#1 By 23275 (24.196.4.141) at Saturday, April 04, 2009 12:59:40 PM
The articles reporting this vulnerability need to be very clear up front about which version of PowerPoint are affected. PowerPoint 2007 IS NOT affected

Affected Software
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 Service Pack 3

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 Service Pack 3

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Service Pack 3

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac



 

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