Symantec Voice of Reason - 25 February 2009
Symantec has been working closely
with Microsoft regarding a security vulnerability within Microsoft Office Excel
2007. We have observed few exploits of this vulnerability in
Symantec has added detection for the
malicious spreadsheet files we have seen in the wild, which will be detected as
Trojan.Mdropper.AC. The malicious binary dropped by the spreadsheet will be
detected as a Trojan horse. Ensure definitions are up-to-date to protect against
this potential exploit. The write-up for this threat can be viewed here: http://www.symantec.com/en/au/business/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-022310-4202-99
Please visit the Symantec Security Response Weblog for more information and let me know if you are interested in speaking with a Symantec expert about any of these security bulletins.
The Symantec Security Response blog
can be viewed here: https://forums.symantec.com/t5/Vulnerabilities-Exploits/Excel-Exploited/ba-p/391551#A189
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