Home / bulletins MS14-048 - Important: Vulnerability in OneNote Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2977201) - Version: 1.0
Posted on 12 August 2014
ImportantSeverity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (August 12, 2014): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft OneNote. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a specially crafted file is opened in an affected version of Microsoft OneNote. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. Customers whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights.