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MS13-020 - Critical : Vulnerability in OLE Automation Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2802968) - Version: 1.1

Posted on 14 February 2013

Critical

Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V1.1 (February 13, 2012): Clarified in the vulnerability FAQ what systems are primarily at risk for CVE-2013-1313. This is an informational change only.
Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Automation. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted file. An attacker who successfully exploited the 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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• MS13-020 - Version: 1.0
• MS13-020 - Version: 1.1

 

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