Zero Day Attack Against MS Word

There is a new zero-day attack against Microsoft Word 2000, XP, 2003, Word for the Mac, and Microsoft Works. Users could only be affected if they opened up a maliciously designed Word document. Microsoft itself claims in their security advisory that attacks have been limited, but hostile code is circulating on various malware sites. We are a week away from the next Patch Tuesday, so I'm guessing that Microsoft is working fast to get a fix ready. Read more at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/929433.mspx