Microsoft Access' Soft Underbelly

Microsoft Access' Soft Underbelly

Microsoft issued a warning Monday about targeted attacks attempting to exploit a bug in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer in its Access database management application. The ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access enables users to view a snapshot of an Access report without having the standard or run-time versions of Microsoft Office Access, Microsoft said. The vulnerability only affects ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer in Microsoft Office Access 2000, Microsoft Office Access 2002 and Microsoft Office Access 2003. [More...]