MS08-017 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Web Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (933103) - Version:1.1

Severity Rating: Critical - Revision Note: V1.1 (March 12, 2008): Bulletin updated to reflect new download link for Microsoft Office Web Components 2000 for BizTalk Server 2000 and 2002. Also corrected the registry key for verifying the update for ISA Server.Summary: This critical update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Web Components. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted Web page. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability 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. 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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