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MS12-057 - Important : Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2731879) - Version: 1.0

Posted on 14 August 2012

There is an newer version: MS12-057 - Version: 2.1

Important

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (August 14, 2012): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted file or embeds a specially crafted Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) graphics file into an Office 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

• MS12-057 - Version: 1.0
• MS12-057 - Version: 2.0
• MS12-057 - Version: 2.1

 

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