Home / bulletins MS11-021 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2489279) - Version:1.0
Posted on 12 April 2011
ImportantSeverity Rating: Important - Revision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2011): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves nine privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the logged-on 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.