XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2026/1/28 22:43:36, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:   
   > J. P. Gilliver wrote on 1/28/2026 2:11 PM:   
   >> On 2026/1/28 16:6:23, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:   
   >> []   
   >>   
   >>> - Versions supported are update-able and fixable, as in the past earlier   
   >>> non-supported versions are not. Likewise, MSFT does not report   
   >>> vulnerability to versions older than indicated in the CVE.   
   >>   
   >> So earlier versions are not fixable (by this patch, anyway), but may not   
   >> be vulnerable in the first place.   
   >   It would be wise to assume the opposite => vulnerable   
   >>   
   >>> - applies to any malicious Office file => 'whatever' in your terminology   
   >>   
   >> When I said does it have to be .docx or whatever, I meant does it have   
   >> to be (for example) .docx, .xlsx, or whatever, as opposed to .doc, .xls,   
   >> and so on - i. e. the "new" formats.   
   >   All those file types can include links or phishing content - not sure   
   > why you wouldn't know that.   
      
   This thread started about a _specific_ exploit, that MS had released a   
   patch to protect against.   
      
   >>>   
   >>> i.e. if using 2003 or 2007 or 2010 or 2013 you are SOL.   
   >>   
   >> I don't know SOL :-) - OOL I would guess at!   
   > $hi+ Outta Luck   
   >   
   >   
   Ah :-)   
      
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