Vulnerabilities in a variety of Microsoft products could allow an attacker to gain control of your computer.
Install updates
Microsoft has released updates to address these critical vulnerabilities. The updates are available on the Microsoft Update site. We recommend enabling Automatic Updates.
In the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for September 2008, Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Windows Media Encoder and Office. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a vulnerable application to crash.
More technical information is available in US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-253A.
Feedback can be directed to US-CERT.
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September 9, 2008: Initial release