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MS08-017 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Web Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (933103) - Version:1.2

Posted on 27 March 2008

There is an newer version: MS08-017 - Version: 1.3

Critical

Severity Rating: Critical - Revision Note: V1.2 (March 26, 2008): Bulletin updated to add a finder for CVE-2006-4695.Summary: This critical update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Web Components. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted Web page. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability 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

• MS08-017 - Version: 1.1
• MS08-017 - Version: 1.2
• MS08-017 - Version: 1.3

 

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