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Inde · Jul 15, 2009, 02:02 AM // 02:02

UPDATE! or lack thereof:

CWmike writes "Attacks exploiting the latest Microsoft vulnerability are quickly ramping up in quantity and intensity, several security companies warned today as they rang alarms about the developing threat. Symantec, Sunbelt Software, and SANS' Internet Storm Center bumped up their warnings yesterday after Microsoft announced that attackers were exploiting a bug in an ActiveX control used by IE to display Excel spreadsheets. There is no patch for the vulnerability; Microsoft didn't release one in today's Patch Tuesday. A temporary fix that sets the 'kill bits' of the ActiveX control is available, but experts believe it's likely most users won't take advantage of the protection. Symantec raised its ThreatCon ranking to the second of four steps. "We're seeing it exploited, but currently on a limited scale," said Symantec's Ben Greenbaum. Sunbelt also bumped up its ranking, to high."

http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/07/1...iply?art_pos=3

Fril Estelin · Jul 15, 2009, 04:43 AM // 04:43

The temporary fix from Microsoft is here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973472#FixItForMe

Not all AV companies are worried about it, strangely.