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

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the TabStrip ActiveX control (MSCOMCTL.OCX) and can be exploited to corrupt memory.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

NOTE: This vulnerability is reportedly being actively exploited in targeted attacks.

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Reported as a 0-day.

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Original Advisory
MS12-060 (KB2720573, KB2687323, KB2687441, KB2597986, KB983812, KB983813, KB2716389, KB2716390, KB2716392, KB2716393, KB2711207, KB2708940, KB2708941, KB2708437, KB2726929):
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-060

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