(MS14-017) Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word and Office Web Apps Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2949660)
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2014-1757,CVE-2014-1758,CVE-2014-1761
Advisory Date: APR 21, 2014
DESCRIPTION
This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability and two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a specially crafted file is opened or previewed in an affected version of Microsoft Office software. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. Customers whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights.
SOLUTION
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Office 2013 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Office 2013 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Office 2013 RT
- Microsoft Office 2013 RT Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Office for Mac 2011
- Microsoft Word Viewer
- Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3
- Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
- Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Office Web Apps 2013
- Microsoft Office Web Apps 2013 Service Pack 1
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