A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Visual Studio, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by an error in Crystal Reports when processing malformed RPT files, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted RPT file. For additional information, see : FrSIRT/ADV-2006-4691
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Vulnerability reported by LSsecurity.
ChangeLog
2007-09-11 : Initial release
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