Microsoft Pushes Out Five Patches Today
Microsoft Pushes Out Five Patches Today
Posted 09/08/2009 at 6:55pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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This was a big Windows Patch Tuesday. Microsoft released a total of five critical patches, addressing eight system vulnerabilities. The flaws patched today do not apply to the recently finished Windows 7. Symantec Security Response research manager, Ben Greenbaum, said the two most serious flaws involve the way Windows handles ASF and MP3 files.
"We've seen similar exploits in the past and all a user would have to do is visit a compromised Web site hosting one of these malicious files, which could be an MP3, WMA or WMV file, and they could become infected,” said Greenbaum.
Greenbaum also noted that Microsoft has left a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Information Services unpatched. Attacks based on the issue are already in the wild. Microsoft expects a patch for that to be pushed out next month.
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