(MS12-028) Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2639185)
Severity: HIGH
CVE Identifier: CVE-2012-0177
Advisory Date: APR 11, 2012
DESCRIPTION
A vulnerability found in Microsoft Office 2007 and Microsoft Works is solved by applying this particular update. Users who do not have administrator privileges on an affected system are less affected by this vulnerability.
SOLUTION
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Works 9
- Microsoft Works 6–9 File Converter
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