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Flaw in Office damaging to Macs

updated 06:55 pm EDT, Thu April 18, 2002

 
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c|net points to a serious flaw in Microsoft Office 2001 and v.X for the Macintosh -- only recently acknowledged by the software giant -- that would leave a user's system open to Internet 'vandals' and computer worms. Malicious hackers can cause a complete system crash of Mac OS 9, or an application crash in Mac OS X by formatting HTML in a particular manner and taking advantage of the software's built-in HTML engine. Discovered by the w00w00 security group, the method can result in loss of work, or just simple annoyance. "In all cases, writing shellcode (a program) to exploit this problem is simple." A patch to correct the hole is now available from Microsoft; OS X users can get the update via the Apple Software Update application; a Microsoft Office X Combined Update also addresses the issue; a small patch is available for Mac OS 9.


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  1. stufried

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    04/18, 07:09pm | report spam | Reply |

    Patch *IS* Available

    Micro$oft posted it on Tuesday. You guys ought to do better homework. There are updaters for Office v.X, 2001, IE 5.1 (both flavors), and OE.

  1. jerome

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    04/18, 07:09pm | report spam | Reply |

    Hummmm

    Definitly, Microsoft and security don't go together.

    Yeah yeah yeah, I know, first post, so what.

  1. jerome

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    04/18, 07:09pm | report spam | Reply |

    Oups

    Sorry, I type so slowly!

  1. valvashon

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    04/18, 07:16pm | report spam | Reply |

    So what if there is...

    a patch? I tried downloading previous Office 98 and 2001 patches and if you have your hard drive partitioned and Office installed on a drive other that the same one that has the OS on it you are screwed. The installer only wants to install the patch on the drive with the OS on it and doesn't give you an option to change drives. When you try to install it the installer comes back with a message saying that it can't find Office. What to do? I'll try these new patches but I'm not holding my breath.

    Val

  1. jablabla

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    04/18, 07:45pm | report spam | Reply |

    wheew

    I was just about to buy the product. Now its on hold.

  1. valvashon

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    04/18, 10:16pm | report spam | Reply |

    I was wrong

    Bill Gates is the greatest human being on earth. Except for the fact that he has been slipping something into the Brita water pitcher in my fridge. But seriously, the patches worked and were able to be installed where Office was, not where the OS was.

    Val

  1. MacNN.com Reader

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    04/19, 02:28am | report spam | Reply |

    Re: Patch *IS* Available

    Microsoft should do better homework and release software that isn't total c***, especially when it asks consumers to pay half a kilobuck for it.

  1. MacNN.com Reader

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    04/19, 02:30am | report spam | Reply |

    Word?

    What just Word on OS 9? Or must it be the whole Office suite?

  1. MacNN.com Reader

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    04/19, 06:40am | report spam | Reply |

    crapware is...

    as crapware does.

    find an alternative. Stink-FreeOffice (ThinkFree Office). use anything but an MS "solution".

  1. goedtkindt

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    04/19, 07:37am | report spam | Reply |

    Apple Software Update??

    "via the Apple Software Update application" ???

    Does the "Apple Software Update application" also updates MS Office ?
    A few days ago I ran "Internet explorer security update version 5.1.4", is that the update one is referring to here ?
    What is the version number of the updated Office applications ?

    Peter

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