Description: Parvez Anwar has discovered a vulnerability in various Intuit products, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the third-party AnswerWorks ActiveX control.
The vulnerability is confirmed in TurboTax Basic 2005. Please see the vendor's advisory for a list of affected products and versions.
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