Microsoft Office IME (Chinese) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
RISK: High Risk
TYPE: Clients - Productivity Products
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists due to the way that the Microsoft Office IME (Chinese) improperly exposes configuration options not designed to run on the secure desktop. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full administrative rights.
Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
System / Technologies affected
- Microsoft Office 2010
- Microsoft Office Pinyin SimpleFast Style 2010
- Microsoft Office Pinyin New Experience Style 2010
Solutions
Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.
- Download location for patches:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS11-088
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