Home / bulletins MS08-051 – Critical: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949785) - Version:2.1
Posted on 10 September 2008
CriticalSeverity Rating: Critical - Revision Note: V2.1 (September 10, 2008): Added Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2005 client and Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 client to the list of non-affected software.Summary: This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office PowerPoint and Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted PowerPoint file. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities 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
- MS08-051 - Version: 1.0
- MS08-051 - Version: 1.1
- MS08-051 - Version: 2.0
- MS08-051 - Version: 2.1
