Two new vulnerabilities have been discovered in Microsoft PowerPoint, a program used for creating presentations. These vulnerabilities can be exploited by opening a specially crafted PowerPoint file received as an email attachment, or by visiting a web site that is hosting a specially crafted PowerPoint file. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain the same privileges as the logged on user. Depending on the privileges associated with the user, an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. These vulnerabilities can be exploited via an email attachment or through the Web. In the email based scenario, the user would have to open the specially crafted PowerPoint presentation as an email attachment. In the Web based scenario, a user would visit a website and then open the specially crafted PowerPoint presentation that is hosted on the page. We recommend the following actions be taken:
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Security Patches Issued for Microsoft Office, PowerPoint
Microsoft has released patches to fix 11 critical vulnerabilities affecting Office and PowerPoint, but a fix for an Internet Explorer flaw is still pending.
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Microsoft to fix PowerPoint, Forefront vulnerabilities
A third update, rated "important" will repair errors in Microsoft PowerPoint that could be exploited remotely by an attacker. The updates will be issued
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Microsoft Office for the Mac is out
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Microsoft's Docs Now Supports Facebook Groups
Until now, sharing a Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or PDF document with other FB users implied doing it individually or choosing every recipient one by one.
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Microsoft tailors Office suite for Mac users The Office for Mac Home and Student 2011 provides core productivity applications that Mac users want and need, including Word for Mac, PowerPoint for Mac, |