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MS12-082 - Important : Vulnerability in DirectPlay Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2770660) - Version: 1.1

Posted on 13 December 2012

There is an newer version: MS12-082 - Version: 1.2

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Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.1 (December 12, 2012): Corrected restart requirement entries for all affected software. This is an informational change only. There were no changes to security update files.
Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker convinces a user to view a specially crafted Office document with embedded content. An attacker who successfully exploits this 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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