January 30, 2007 at 18:32"Extremely critical" hole detected in Microsoft Word 2000
Microsoft has notified users of a new “zero-day” vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000. The
vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary program code on an attacked machine. It is enough for the victim to open a specially formatted DOC file, which is incorrectly processed by a text editor, after which the hacker gets full access to the system. Last Friday , Secunia reported the vulnerability , assigning it the status of "extremely critical." The Microsoft site already described the error , although the company is trying to minimize the danger of this hole.
vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary program code on an attacked machine. It is enough for the victim to open a specially formatted DOC file, which is incorrectly processed by a text editor, after which the hacker gets full access to the system. Last Friday , Secunia reported the vulnerability , assigning it the status of "extremely critical." The Microsoft site already described the error , although the company is trying to minimize the danger of this hole.