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>> Microsoft Word Document Handling Memory Corruption and Code Execution Vulnerability
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Title : Microsoft Word Document Handling Memory Corruption and Code Execution Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4866
CVE ID : CVE-2006-5994
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-12-05
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A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Word, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a memory corruption error when handling a malformed document, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Word document [...]
Solution
Apply patch :
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-014.mspx
Credits
Vulnerability reported by the vendor
ChangeLog
2006-12-05 : Initial release
2007-02-13 : Updated Solution
Vulnerability Management
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