Microsoft OLE Heap Overrun Vulnerability( 13 February 2008 )
RISK: Medium Risk
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Automation that could allow an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability to make changes to the system with the permissions of the logged-on user. If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take complete control of the 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.
Impact
- Remote Code Execution
System / Technologies affected
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Vista
- Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6
Solutions
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Download locations for this patch
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
- Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Windows Vista
- Windows Vista x64 Edition
- Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6
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