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Home > Products and services > CSIRTUK advisories > Advisories archive > October 2006 > Microsoft Security Advisory Notification: 926043 - Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution

October 2006

Microsoft Security Advisory Notification: 926043 - Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution

ID: 00680
Ref: 652/2006
Date: 03 October 2006:14:43:37
Version: 1

Title: Microsoft Security Advisory Notification: 926043 - Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution
Abstract: Advisory updated to advise customers that Web sites that attempt to use this vulnerability to perform limited attacks have been discovered.
Vendors affected: Microsoft
Operating systems affected: Microsoft
Applications affected: Microsoft

Title
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Microsoft Security Advisory Notification: 926043 - Vulnerability in Windows Shell
Could Allow Remote Code Execution

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Advisory updated to advise customers that Web sites that attempt to use this
vulnerability to perform limited attacks have been discovered.


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Title: Microsoft Security Advisory Notification
Issued: October 2, 2006
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Security Advisories Updated or Released Today
==============================================

* Microsoft Security Advisory (926043)
- Title: Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow
Remote Code Execution
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/926043.mspx
- Revision Note: Advisory updated to advise customers that
Web sites that attempt to use this vulnerability to perform
limited attacks have been discovered.

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Support:
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Technical support resources can be found at:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=21131

International customers can get support from their local Microsoft
subsidiaries. Phone numbers for international support can be found
at: http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx

Microsoft Support Lifecycle for Business and Developer Software
===============================================================
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predictable guidelines for product support availability at the
time that the product is released. Under this policy, Microsoft
will offer a minimum of ten years of support. This includes five
years of Mainstream Support and five years of Extended Support for
Business and Developer products. Microsoft will continue to provide
security update support, at a supported Service Pack level, for a
minimum of ten years through the Extended support phase. For more
information about the Microsoft Support Lifecycle, visit
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/ or contact your Technical
Account Manager.


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Security Bulletins and Security Advisories. This new service
provides notifications that are written for IT professionals and
contain technical information about the revisions to security
bulletins. To register visit the following Web site:

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* Protect your PC: Microsoft has provided information on how you
can help protect your PC at the following locations:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

If you receive an e-mail that claims to be distributing a
Microsoft security update, it is a hoax that may be distributing a
virus. Microsoft does not distribute security updates through
e-mail. You can learn more about Microsoft's software distribution
policies here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/topics/policy/swdist.mspx

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