Protek Research Lab's has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Word, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a certain value in a document being used as a pointer, which can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted document.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 10.6866.6870. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution
Do not open Office files from untrusted sources.

Provided and/or discovered by
Francis Provencher, Protek Research Lab's.

Original Advisory
http://www.protekresearchlab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=27

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