Security Advisory

Microsoft Security Advisory 955179

Vulnerability in the ActiveX Control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access Could Allow Remote Code Execution

Published: July 07, 2008 | Updated: August 12, 2008

Microsoft has completed the investigation into a private report of this vulnerability. We have issued MS08-041 to address this issue. For more information about this issue, including download links for an available security update, please review MS08-041. The vulnerability addressed is the Snapshot Viewer Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability - CVE-2008-2463.

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Revisions:

  • July 7, 2008: Advisory published
  • August 12, 2008: Advisory updated to reflect publication of security bulletin.

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