March 15, 2023

Patch now! MS Outlook 0-Day vulnerability

Summary Recommendations for UW students, faculty, and staff Technical details Things UW-IT will do Recommendations for IT Staff Resources Summary On March 14th, Microsoft disclosed a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2023-23397) that affects all supported versions of Microsoft Outlook for Windows. The vulnerability can be exploited with an email message or a calendar invitation, and ultimately,…


May 31, 2022

Zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft products

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News about this vulnerability is evolving and we will update this post as we gather information. Overview Things to do (IT staff) Recommendations for the UW community References Overview A zero-day vulnerability, dubbed “Follina” by a security researcher, allows remote code execution in Microsoft products. It has been actively exploited since April. On Monday, May…