Microsoft Security Bulletin May 2009

Microsoft has released the Security Bulletin for May 2009 which contains one Microsoft Office PowerPoint vulnerability which affects various editions of Microsoft Office but also the Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack. Affected are Microsoft Office PowerPoint editions in Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, Office 2003 and Microsoft Office 2007. The security update is rated as critical for Microsoft Office 2000 editions and important for all other affected editions of Microsoft Office and software programs by Microsoft.

This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability and several privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office PowerPoint that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted PowerPoint file. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities 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.

The security update is available on Windows Update and Microsoft Update. Additional information and links can be found at the Security Bulletin that has been created for the security vulnerability. Users of affected software programs are encouraged to perform the security update as soon as possible.

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Author: Martin Brinkmann, Wednesday May 13, 2009 -
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