MS12-013 - Critical : Vulnerability in C Run-Time Library Could Allow Remote Code Execution...

Severity Rating: Critical

Revision Note: V1.0 (February 14, 2012): Bulletin published.

Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted media file that is hosted on a website or sent as an email attachment. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

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