[BESAdmin-Announcements] [Patches for Windows (English)] Content Modification Announcement - Office Detection Changes

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

Bigfix has modified three sets of content in the Patches for Windows (English) / Enterprise Security Site. 


1. The following Fixlet messages have adjusted relevance to resolve reports of false negatives with specific configurations of Office Products:

902416  MS09-024: Vulnerability in Microsoft Works Converters Could Allow Remote Code Execution - Office 2007 SP1
903001  MS09-030: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution - Publisher 2007 SP1
906011  MS09-060: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) ActiveX Controls for Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution - Outlook 2007 SP1/SP2
906281  MS09-062: Vulnerabilities in GDI+ Could Allow Remote Code Execution - Office 2007 SP1/SP2


2. The following Fixlet messages have adjusted relevance to resolve reports of false positives with specific configurations of Office Products:

906283  MS09-062: Vulnerabilities in GDI+ Could Allow Remote Code Execution - Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1/SP2


3. The following Fixlet message has adjusted relevance to resolve reports of false negatives when the standalone Visio 2007 Viewer isn't installed:

906016  MS09-060: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) ActiveX Controls for Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution - Visio Viewer 2007 SP1/SP2


Patches for Windows (English) / Enterprise Security published version: 1270

BES administrators are encouraged to verify open actions and synchronize baselines that contain the modified content.  Instructions for synchronizing baselines can be found here: http://support.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/kbdirect.pl?id=401.  Please contact BigFix Technical Support if you have any questions regarding this change.

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BigFix Application Engineering Team