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Bulletin:   MS01-050

Title:      Malformed Excel or PowerPoint Document Can Bypass Macro Security

Date:       04 October 2001

Software:   Microsoft Excel or PowerPoint for Windows or Macintosh

Impact:     Run Code Of Attacker's Choice

Microsoft encourages customers to review the Security Bulletin at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-050.asp.

 

Bulletin:   MS01-051

Title:      Malformed Dotless IP Address Can Cause Web Page to be Handled in Intranet Zone

Date:       10 October 2001

Software:   Internet Explorer

Impact:     Three vulnerabilities:

 - Cause web page to render a web page using inappropriate security

   settings

 - Send commands to a third-party web site in the guise of the user

 - Create a file on the system of a user who visited a web site.

Microsoft encourages customers to review the Security Bulletin at:

 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-051.asp.

 

Bulletin:   MS01-052

Title:      Invalid RDP Data can Cause Terminal Service Failure

Date:       18 October 2001

Revised:    22 October 2001 (version 2.0)

Software:   Windows NT 4.0 Server, Terminal Server Edition,

            Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server

Impact:     Denial of service

Max Risk:   Moderate

Bulletin:   MS01-052

Microsoft encourages customers to review the Security Bulletin at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-052.asp.

 

Bulletin:   MS01-053

Title:      Downloaded Applications Can Execute on Mac IE 5.1 for OS X

Date:       23 October 2001

Software:   Internet Explorer 5.1 for Macintosh (r)

Impact:     Run code of attacker's choice

Microsoft encourages customers to review the Security Bulletin at:

 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-053.asp.

 

Bulletin:   MS01-054

Title:      Invalid Universal Plug and Play Request can Disrupt System Operation

Date:       01 November 2001

Software:   Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP

Impact:     Denial of Service

Microsoft encourages customers to review the Security Bulletin at:

 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-054.asp.

 

Bulletin:   MS01-055

Title:      13 November 2001 Cumulative Patch for IE

Released:   08 November 2001

Revised:    13 November 2001 (version 2.0)

Software:   Internet Explorer

Impact:     Exposure and altering of data in cookies

Max Risk:   Moderate

Microsoft encourages customers to review the Security Bulletin at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-055.asp.

 

Bulletin:   MS01-056

Title:      Windows Media Player .ASF Processor Contains Unchecked Buffer

Date:       20 November 2001

Software:   Windows Media Player

Impact:     Run code of attacker's choice

Max Risk:   Critical

Microsoft encourages customers to review the Security Bulletin at:

 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-056.asp.

 

Bulletin:   MS01-057

Title:      Specially Formed Script in HTML Mail can Execute in Exchange 5.5 OWA

Date:       06 December 2001

Revised:    07 December 2001 (version 2.0)

Software:   Microsoft Exchange 5.5 Server Outlook Web Access

Impact:     Run Code of Attacker's Choice

Max Risk:   Medium

Microsoft encourages customers to review the Security Bulletin at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-057.asp.

 

Bulletin:   MS01-058

Title:      13 December 2001 Cumulative Patch for IE

Date:       13 December 2001

Software:   Internet Explorer

Impact:     Run Code of an Attacker's Choice

Max Risk:   Critical

Microsoft encourages customers to review the Security Bulletin at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-058.asp.

 

Bulletin:   MS01-059

Title:      Unchecked Buffer in Universal Plug and Play can Lead to System Compromise

Date:       20 December 2001

Software:   Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows XP

Impact:     Run code of attacker's choice

Max Risk:   Critical

Microsoft encourages customers to review the Security Bulletin at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-059.asp.

 

Bulletin:   MS01-060

Title:      SQL Server Text Formatting Functions Contain unchecked Buffers

Date:       20 December 2001

Software:   Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft SQL Server 2000

Impact:     Run code of attacker's choice on server, denial of service

Max Risk:   Moderate

Microsoft encourages customers to review the Security Bulletin at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-060.asp.