Fixlet Site - EnterpriseSecurity Current Version: 982 Published: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:39:34 GMT New Fixlets: ============ *************************************************************** Title: MS08-016: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution - Office Word Viewer 2003 Severity: Important Fixlet ID: 801642 Fixlet Link: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-016.mspx Fixlet Link: http://support.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/kbdirect.pl?id=129 Fixlet Description: Microsoft has released a security update that resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a malformed Office file. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an 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. After downloading and installing this update, affected computers will no longer be susceptible to these vulnerabilities.