May 18, 2009
On May 12, Microsoft released Security Bulletin MS09-017 for critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office PowerPoint that could allow remote code execution (967340). Affected Microsoft products include the following: Office 2000; Office XP; Office 2003; 2007 Office System; Office 2004 for Mac; Office 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; PowerPoint Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Format; Microsoft Works 8.5; and Works 9.0.
Brian Krebs has published an article in the Washington Post about Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft security fixes that readers may also find interesting.