Home / bulletins MS08-016 â Critical: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949030) - Version:2.1
Posted on 18 June 2008
Severity Rating: Critical - Revision Note: V2.1 (April 30, 2008): Bulletin updated. Added a new entry to the Update FAQ describing additional security features included in the update for Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2.Summary: This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a malformed Office file. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
Other versions
- MS08-016 - Version: 1.1
- MS08-016 - Version: 1.2
- MS08-016 - Version: 2.0
- MS08-016 - Version: 2.1
- MS08-016 - Version: 2.1
