Patch Tuesday Updates - March 11th

Attention:The following updates have been applied to systems supported by TMI. If you have questions about these updates please contact us at tech@tmiva.com

MS08-016 – Critical: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949030)

Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical - This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a malformed Office file. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

MS08-009 - Critical: Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (947077)

Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This critical security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Word that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Word file. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.