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MS08-055 ? Critical: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (955047)

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Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user clicks a specially crafted OneNote URL. 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.




Original Source: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-055.mspx?pubDate=2008-09-09

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