Microsoft forgets to patch Mac Office 2004, 2008

From InfoWorld: Microsoft on Tuesday revealed four vulnerabilities in the Mac version of its Office suite, but then failed to produce patches for the 2004 and 2008 editions.

Office for Mac 2011, which launched Oct. 26, was the only version updated as part of Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday.

Microsoft did not explain the omission of Office for Mac 2004 and Office for Mac 2008 patches, or say when it would ship updates for those editions.

"The security updates for Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac are unavailable at this time," the company said in the accompanying security bulletin.

According to that bulletin, Office for Mac contains four vulnerabilities, all rated "important," the second-highest threat ranking in Microsoft's four-step scoring system. Microsoft confirmed that each bug could be used by attackers to infect a Mac with malware by labeling them with the phrase "remote code execution."

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