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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS08-008 Vulnerability in OLE Automation Could Allow Remote Code Execution (947890) Windows 2000 Critical 13-02-2008

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
This vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted Web page. The vulnerability could be exploited through attacks on Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Automation.
Detailed Information on the risk:
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.Further information on this exploit is available at : MS08-008

Affected Software

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