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Apple Leopard

Quicktime Hammered by Four Multimedia File Vulnerabilities

George Bardissi

Wednesday, 26 December 2012

Apple Leopard

Severity: High

15 January, 2008

Summary:

This vulnerability affects: Quicktime 7.3.1.70 for Mac and PC (and possibly earlier versions)
How an attacker exploits it: By enticing your users to download and play a malicious movie or image in Quicktime
Impact: Attacker executes code on your user’s computer, potentially gaining complete control of it
What to do: If you allow Quicktime (or iTunes), upgrade to 7.4. Otherwise, remove these applications from your company’s computers

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Gargantuan OS X Update Fixes Almost 100 Security Flaws

George Bardissi

Tuesday, 18 March 2008

Apple Leopard

Severity: High

18 March, 2008

Summary:

These vulnerabilities affect: OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) and OS X 10.5.x (Leopard), both client and server versions
How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including enticing one of your users into visiting a URL or web site
Impact: Various results; in the worst case, attacker executes code on your user’s computer, potentially gaining complete of your user’s computer
What to do: OS X administrators should download, test and install Security Update 2008-002

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Microsoft Overhauls Office; Fixes a Dozen Vulnerabilities

George Bardissi

Tuesday, 11 March 2008

Apple Leopard

Severity: High

11 March, 2008

Summary:

These vulnerabilities affect: Most current versions of Microsoft Office for Windows, and in some cases for Mac (and some other Office-related programs)
How an attacker exploits them: By enticing you to open maliciously crafted Office documents, visit a malicious web site, or click a malicious link
Impact: An attacker can execute code, potentially gaining complete control of your computer
What to do: Install the appropriate Office or Office related patches immediately

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Microsoft Office Riddled with Security Holes

George Bardissi

Tuesday, 12 February 2008

Apple Leopard

Severity: High

12 February, 2008

Summary:

These vulnerabilities affect: Many current versions of Microsoft Office for Windows (MS08-013 affects OS X, too) and Microsoft Works and Works Suite
How an attacker exploits them: By enticing you to open maliciously crafted Office documents
Impact: An attacker can execute code, potentially gaining complete control of your computer
What to do: Install the appropriate Office or Works patches immediately.

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Zero Day RTSP Hole Menaces Quicktime… Again

George Bardissi

Friday, 11 January 2008

Apple Leopard

Severity: Medium

11 January, 2008

Summary:

This vulnerability affects: Quicktime 7.3.1.70 and earlier, on Windows and Mac computers
How an attacker exploits it: By enticing one of your users into opening a specially crafted web site, RTSP stream, or Quicktime media file
Impact: The attacker could either crash Quicktime or execute code with the victim’s privileges
What to do: See Solution section for workaround, because no patch exists yet.

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