(MS13-074) Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Access Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2848637)
Severity: HIGH
CVE Identifier: CVE-2013-3155,CVE-2013-3156,CVE-2013-3157
Advisory Date: OCT 08, 2013
DESCRIPTION
This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Access file with an affected version of Microsoft Access. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current 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.
SOLUTION
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Microsoft Access 2007 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Access 2010 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Access 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Access 2013 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Access 2013 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Access 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Access 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
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