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MS09-021 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (969462) - Version:1.1

Posted on 01 August 2009

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Severity Rating: Critical - Revision Note: V1.1 (June 17, 2009): Added a link to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 969462 under Known Issues in the Executive Summary.Summary: This security update resolves several privately reported vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file that includes a malformed record object. 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.

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• MS09-021 - Version: 1.0
• MS09-021 - Version: 1.1
• MS09-021 - Version: 1.1

 

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