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Microsoft Office Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Checker Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:

SA23671

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Release Date:

2007-01-09

Popularity:

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Critical:

Highly critical

Impact:

System access

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

Software:

Microsoft Access 2003
Microsoft Excel 2003
Microsoft Frontpage 2003
Microsoft InfoPath 2003
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Proofing Tools
Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition
Microsoft OneNote 2003
Microsoft Outlook 2003
Microsoft Powerpoint 2003
Microsoft Publisher 2003
Microsoft Visio 2003
Microsoft Word 2003

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Office, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the Brazilian Portuguese grammar checker and can be exploited to corrupt memory by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Office document.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

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