Microsoft Office Publisher Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (981160)

Summary
This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS10-023.
Impact
Successful exploitation could execute arbitrary code on the remote system via a specially crafted Publisher file. Impact Level: Application
Solution
Run Windows Update and update the listed hotfixes or download and update mentioned hotfixes in the advisory from the below link. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-023.mspx
Insight
The flaw is due to error in opening a specially crafted 'Publisher' file. This can be exploited to corrupt memory and cause an invalid value to be dereferenced as a pointer.
Affected
Microsoft Office Publisher 2002 SP 3 and prior Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 SP 3 and prior Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 SP 2 and prior.
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