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Microsoft has released updates that address critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Office. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on a vulnerable system.

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Office as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for October 2006. The summary lists ten Microsoft Security Bulletins. The following Bulletins discuss previously disclosed vulnerabilities that are actively being exploited:

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-057 addresses a remote code execution vulnerability in the WebFolderIcon ActiveX control. More information is available in VU#753044.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-058 addresses a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint. More information is available in VU#231204.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-060 addresses a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Word. More information is available in VU#806548.
Further information on vulnerabilities addressed by the October 2006 Security Bulletins will be available in these Vulnerability Notes.

Microsoft has announced the end of support for Windows XP Service Pack 1. According to Microsoft:

On October 10, 2006, Microsoft will end all public assisted support for Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1). After this date, Microsoft will no longer provide any incident support options or security updates for this retired service pack under the policies defined by the Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy.

We strongly encourage Windows XP users to upgrade to Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) as soon as possible.