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Microsoft patches holes in Vista, IE and Outlook Express

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15th Jun 2007
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For June's "patch Tuesday" (12 June), Microsoft issued fixes for critical flaws in Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and Windows security and interface components.

Most embarassingly, the June 2007 Microsoft Security Bulletin details security issues affecting Windows Vista - the new version promised to be the most secure ever.

One of the critical vulnerabilities highlighted in Security Bulletin MS07-034 could allow remote code to be run on a PC if a user viewed a specially crafted e-mail using Windows Mail in Windows Vista. MS07-32 patches a problem rated as "important" taht could allow people to access information including administrative passwords in the Windows Vista registry and file system.

In recent months, Excel and Word have featured prominently in the Microsoft's security announcements. This time, the company's attention focused on "cumulative updates" for Internet Explorer (MS07-033) and Outlook Express/Windows Mail (MS07-034). Critical ratings usually mean that a hacker could gain access to the infected computer and run malicious code - usually via "drive-by" web downloads or the user opening an deliberately malformed email attachment. Two of the browser patches deal with IE7 running on Vista all the rest update all the other currently supported versions of IE.

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