MS10-056 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2269638) - Version:1.2

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Severity Rating: Critical - Revision Note: V1.2 (August 25, 2010): Added a link to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2269638 under Known Issues in the Executive Summary.Summary: This security update resolves four privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens or previews a specially crafted RTF e-mail message. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the local 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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