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Flaw found in Office 2007
What it comes down to is that there is almost no threat at all. A security research company found the flaw, told Microsoft and bypassed releasing the details to the public. Hackers don't know how to exploit it. Most people don't have Publisher installed. This is at threat level 0. Probably shouldn't have been a story and just classified as a minor bug to Microsoft.

No public exploits have been reported in circulation for Publisher 2007 and, given Office 2007's recent release, the flaw may hold little attraction for attackers who may wish to concentrate on software that is in greater distribution, eEye said.

Ah hah! So even eEye agrees that hackers only concentrate on exploits for systems that have market share. Something we have been saying for years on here.
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Flaw found in Office 2007  Loverock Davidson | 02/23/07
not encouraging...  jjarman | 02/26/07
And?  ceward_z | 02/26/07
And?  jasonp@... | 02/28/07
Ford Motor say  jolumoar | 02/26/07
Here we go again with Microsoft products .  Intellihence | 02/23/07
I keep saying I won't read anything about m$ again  galileon | 02/23/07
Don't hold your breath  Heatlesssun1 | 02/26/07
Tired of (non)Intellihence (with a h on purpose I guess)  harrisharris | 02/26/07
Readin M$ Stories  Algernon1970 | 02/23/07
That's why we stick it with StarOffice  Boot_Agnostic | 02/26/07
Except for..  bobiroc | 02/26/07
Sounds like...  frank@... | 02/26/07
What about Stardust?  feskridge@... | 02/26/07
Hear's what I think:  JDThompson | 02/26/07
If a Tree Falls...  kodakmak | 02/27/07
Well posted  Boot_Agnostic | 02/28/07
Just another nail  cclarkkent | 02/26/07
MS Office vs. what?  ojmas | 02/26/07
MS Office vs. what?  mroblivious1bmf@... | 02/26/07
HEY!  kodakmak | 02/27/07
MS Office  ojmas | 02/26/07
Any one of you whiners care to tackle a product of this..BLAH  mroblivious1bmf@... | 02/26/07
Lest we forget  douglasids | 02/26/07
KOffice  cls@... | 02/26/07
Whyizzit...  gads2000 | 02/26/07
We are the ones who Beta Tested it  kodakmak | 02/27/07
And another thing...  kodakmak | 02/27/07
Ha!  hegira1 | 02/26/07
HA! crappy website  mroblivious1bmf@... | 02/26/07
Should have probably been caught by MS but not a big deal  Heatlesssun1 | 02/26/07
Whatever!  rustydane317@... | 02/26/07
re: Whatever!  bgonetoo | 02/26/07
StarOffice all the way  blackjack861@... | 02/26/07
omg  kida182001 | 02/26/07
Holy Crap  Etch44 | 02/27/07
NOOOO!!!!  kodakmak | 02/27/07
IT'S NOT THE ONLY SEVERE PROBLEM  zdnet@... | 02/26/07
A FLAW in OFFICE????  critic-at-arms | 02/26/07
A monopoly must be high-quality, or else is nothing.  miyojim | 02/28/07
I disagree with this clich?...  miyojim | 02/28/07
Steve Ballmer on the phone in his office at Microsoft...  TechExec2 | 02/28/07

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