Security News > 2017 > November > 17-Year-Old MS Office Flaw Lets Hackers Install Malware Without User Interaction
2017-11-15 02:06
You should be extra careful when opening files in MS Office. When the world is still dealing with the threat of 'unpatched' Microsoft Office's built-in DDE feature, researchers have uncovered a serious issue with another Office component that could allow attackers to remotely install malware on targeted computers. The vulnerability is a memory-corruption issue that resides in all versions of
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