Microsoft releases September security updates
Posted by Steven Parker on 13 September 2007 - 11:16 · 7 comments & 3178 views
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#1 Posted by Dan.P on 13 Sep 2007 - 11:49
- Is this MSN Messenger as in the old program that comes with Windows or the Windows Live Messenger we have now?
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#1.1 Posted by Chicane-UK on 13 Sep 2007 - 12:15
- All versions of messenger are affected I believe, including WLM.
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#1.2 Posted by IntelliMoo on 13 Sep 2007 - 21:43
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#2 Posted by +mrbester on 13 Sep 2007 - 12:38
- Does anybody still use that Microsoft Agent crap?
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#2.1 Posted by night_stalker_z on 13 Sep 2007 - 12:48
- Quote - (mrbester said @ #2)Does anybody still use that Microsoft Agent crap?
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#2.2 Posted by IntelliMoo on 13 Sep 2007 - 21:44
- Nobody knowingly, at least... Can't web pages actually load it?
The Windows 2000 update is the only one Microsoft rates as critical. It affects the Microsoft Agent software that Web developers use to create interactive characters on Web pages. By tricking a Windows 2000 user into visiting a maliciously encoded Web page, an attacker could exploit this flaw to run unauthorized software on a victim's computer.
This is not the first time Microsoft has been forced to patch a critical bug in Microsoft Agent. In April, the company fixed a similar flaw that also affected Windows XP users. Because the MSN Messenger and Windows Services for Unix flaws were both publicly disclosed last month, they should also be given priority said Amol Sarwate, manager of Qualys's vulnerability research lab.