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  Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-033: Unchecked Buffer in MDAC Function Could Enable System Compromise (823718)
Time: 00:00 EST/05:00 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin.com | Posted By: Robert Stein

An attacker who successfully exploited this flaw could gain the same level of privileges over the system as the application that initiated the broadcast request. The actions an attacker could carry out would be dependent on the permissions which the application using MDAC ran under. If the application ran with limited privileges, an attacker would be limited accordingly; however, if the application ran under the local system context, the attacker would have the same level of permissions. This could include creating, modifying, or deleting data on the system, or reconfiguring the system. This could also include reformatting the hard disk or running programs of the attacker’s choice. This bulletin supercedes the patch discussed in MS02-040. Customers should install this patch as it contains both the fix for the vulnerability discussed in bulletin MS02-040 and the patch discussed in this bulletin.

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