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ITSS-Advisory : HIGH : Microsoft : Various Windows Operating Systems : Remote Code Execution

THREAT LEVEL
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High. This exploit could be used as a worm and have widespread impact.

INFORMATION
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Microsoft has released MS08-067 on 23 Oct 2008. An attacker could send a specially
crafted RPC request to an affected system and be able to execute arbitrary code
on the affected system.

More information is available at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspx

AFFECTED PLATFORMS
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- Windows 2000 SP4
- Windows XP versions: SP2, SP3, Pro x64, Pro x64 SP2
- Windows Server 2003 versions: Sp1, Sp2, x64, x64 SP2, SP1 Itanium, SP2 Itanium
- Windows Vista versions: Vista, SP1, x64, x64 SP1
- Windows Server 2008 versions: 32 bit, 64 bit, Itanium

ACTION
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Administrators of affected computers are advised to review the bulletins, test and
apply relevant updates.


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