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MS08-051 – Critical: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949785) - Version:1.0

Posted on 12 August 2008

There is an newer version: MS08-051 - Version: 2.1

Critical

Severity Rating: Critical - Revision Note: Bulletin published.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.

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Other versions

• MS08-051 - Version: 1.0
• MS08-051 - Version: 1.1
• MS08-051 - Version: 2.0
• MS08-051 - Version: 2.1

 

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