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MS13-020 - Critical : Vulnerability in OLE Automation Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2802968) - Version: 1.0

Posted on 12 February 2013

There is an newer version: MS13-020 - Version: 1.1

Critical

Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V1.0 (February 12, 2013): Bulletin published.
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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