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Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Filters Could Allow Remote Code Execution (915384)

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Acertains the version of some MS filters

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through the Microsoft
Office filters.

Description :

The remote host is running a version of some Microsoft Office
filters which are subject to various flaws which may permit arbitrary
code to be run.

A possible hacker may use these to execute arbitrary code on this host.

To succeed, the attacker would have to send a rogue file to a user
of the remote computer and have it import it with Microsoft Office.

Solution :

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Office 2000, XP and 2003 :

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-039.mspx

Network Security Threat Level:

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 5.6
(AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:P/I:P/A:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 18915, 18913

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