Microsoft Releases Patch for Animated Cursor Vulnerability
Microsoft has released a patch for the animated cursor vulnerability. The bulletin is MS07-017. They also address six other vulnerabilities in the Graphics Rendering Engine (GDI), although none are rated critical. They make a note of an known issue with the Realtek HD Audio Control Panel (Rthdcpl.exe) on Windows XP SP2 which is documented here. [...]
Windows PC Have Cursor Hole
Microsoft released a security advisory about a flaw in animated cursors which would allow drive-by installs. Windows 2000 SP4 and all recent operating systems are affected, including Vista. IE 7 running on Vista would be protected by a drive-by install if is it running in protected mode. Also, Outlook 2007 uses Word to display messages [...]