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However, the tech giant issued an update for Microsoft Office that, by default, disable the EPS filter in MS Office as a defense measure. The third previously undisclosed flaw (CVE-2017-2605) resides in the Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) filter in Microsoft Office, but Microsoft did not actually release an update for this flaw in Tuesday's update batch. This IE vulnerability is also being exploited in the wild.Īnother Critical Word Vulnerability Yet Unpatched! However, the vulnerability could be used in conjunction with another vulnerability (for example, a remote code execution vulnerability) that could take advantage of the elevated privileges when running arbitrary code," Microsoft's guidance for the flaw reads. "The vulnerability by itself does not allow arbitrary code to be run. The vulnerability could allow the attacker to access sensitive information from one domain and inject it into another domain.
The flaw is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Internet Explorer that would allow an attacker to trick a victim into visiting a compromised website.
#MICROSOFT WORD 2017 PATCHER PATCH#
The company also pushed out a patch for another critical vulnerability (CVE-2017-0210) under active attack. Patch for Critical IE Flaw Being Exploited in the Wild Microsoft has released a fix for CVE-2017-0199 and credited Hanson with responsible reporting the critical vulnerability to the company.
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It looks like Excel got zapped as well.The attack can bypass most exploit mitigations developed by Microsoft, and according to Ryan Hanson of security firm Optiv, in some cases, exploits can execute malicious code even when Protected View is enabled.Īs The Hacker News reported Monday, this code-execution flaw in Microsoft Word was being exploited by hackers to spread a version of infamous Dridex banking trojan.Īlso, according to blog posts published Tuesday by security firms FireEye and Netskope, hackers are exploiting the same Word vulnerability to install Latentbot and Godzilla malware respectively. Every time you reboot Windows 10, the patch will reinstall, and you'll have to remove it all over again - unless you dig into the wushowhide utility, KB 307930, which I discussed in a similar context last month.
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Of course, amcmill didn't mention that uninstalling the patch in Windows 10 is an ongoing pain. In the list of updates, search locate and then select update KB3114717, and then select Uninstall. Windows 7: Go to Start, enter Run, and then select Run. In the list of updates, locate and then select update KB3114717, and then select Uninstall. Enter windows update, select Windows Update, and then select Installed Updates. If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then select Search. Windows 8 and Windows 8.1: Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. Windows 10: Go to Start, enter View Installed Updates in the Search Windows box, and then press Enter.
This is confirmed as an issue with update KB3114717. Poster amcmill (who isn't listed as a Microsoft employee) gave a definitive response last night in one of the Microsoft Answer forum threads on the subject: We have escalated this problem, any updates will let you know. Microsoft employee Emi Zhang reported on Technet late Thursday night:
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Tested on Windows 8.1 Enterprise, Windows 10 Enterprise 10240 and Windows 10 Enterprise 1511. This happens with Word 2013 only, Word 2016 is not affected. docx Document becomes nearly impossible and CPU load goes to 100% (.doc has no issues). Posting yesterday on the Technet Office forum, Christoph von Wittich says: In addition, there are reports - apparently related - of lockups and slowdowns with Excel 2013 and Outlook 2013. Now there's word that one of the optional Office 2013 patches, KB 3114717, makes many installations of Word 2013 unusable. February's Patch Tuesday continues its tempestuous ways.