There has been a report of a targeted attack leveraging a previously
unknown vulnerability in Microsoft Excel. The vulnerability is triggered
when a user opens a malicious xls file. Further information regarding this
incident is available from the following sources.
Microsoft Excel Unspecified Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18422
Trojan.Mdropper.J
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.mdropper.j.html
Downloader.Booli.A
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/downloader.booli.a.html
Reports of a new vulnerability in Microsoft Excel
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/06/16/436174.aspx
-Josh
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