Severity: High
8 April, 2008
Summary:
- These vulnerabilities affect: All current versions of Windows (and in some cases, Internet Explorer)
- How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including luring one of your users to a malicious Web page or enticing the user into opening a specially crafted image
- Impact: Various results; in the worst case, attacker can gain complete control of your Windows computer
- What to do: Install the appropriate Microsoft patches immediately
Exposure:
Today, Microsoft released five security bulletins describing vulnerabilities which affect Windows and components that ship with it. Each vulnerability affects different versions of Windows to a different extent; in the worst cases, a remote attacker could exploit these flaws to gain complete control of your Windows PCs. The summary below lists the vulnerabilities in order from highest to lowest severity.
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