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MS12-028 - Important : Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2639185) - Version: 1.1

Posted on 26 April 2012

Important

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.1 (April 25, 2012): Added an entry to the update FAQ to explain why this update is offered to customers running Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3.
Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Works. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Works file. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. 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.

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Other versions

• MS12-028 - Version: 1.0
• MS12-028 - Version: 1.1

 

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