[Gllug] latest zero day Word flaw

[Richard Jones]

On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 05:27:44PM +0000, John G Walker wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:40:13 +0100 salsaman <salsaman at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
> > Err...for anyone not yet using OpenOffice:
> > 
> > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2068786,00.asp
> > 
> > 'Microsoft suggests that users "not open or save Word files," even
> > from trusted sources.'
> > 
> > LOL !
> > 
> 
> Please excuse my ignorance, but what is a "zero-day attack"? 

I think he means a zero day exploit: One which appears in the wild and
for which there is no patch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_day

Rich.

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