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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS12-059 Vulnerability in Microsoft Visio Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2733918) Microsoft Visio Important 15-08-2012

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Visio file. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user.
Detailed Information on the risk:

This is a remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take complete control of the affected system.


Further information on this exploit is available at : MS12-059

Affected Software

Microsoft Visio 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Visio 2010 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit Edition)
Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Service Pack 1 (64-bit Edition)