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Title: Microsoft Office Security Bulletin Summary for
       November 2003
Issued: November 11, 2003
Version Number: 1.0
Bulletin:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/offnov03.asp
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Summary:
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Included in this advisory is an update describing newly discovered
vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office (Microsoft Word and Excel). These
vulnerabilities, broken down by severity are:

** Important Security Bulletins

    MS03-050 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word and Microsoft
                Excel Could Allow Arbitrary Code to run (831527)

             - Affected Software:
               - Microsoft Excel 97
               - Microsoft Excel 2000
               - Microsoft Excel 2002
               - Microsoft Word 97
               - Microsoft Word 98(J)
               - Microsoft Word 2000, Microsoft Works Suite 2001
               - Microsoft Word 2002, Microsoft Works Suite 2002,
                 Microsoft Works Suite 2003 and
                 Microsoft Works Suite 2004

             - Impact: Remote Code Execution
             - Version Number: 1.0

Patch Availability:
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Patches are available to fix these vulnerabilities.
For additional information, including Technical Details,
Workarounds, answers to Frequently Asked Questions, and Patch
Deployment Information please read the Microsoft Office Security
Bulletin Summary for November 2003 at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/offnov03.asp

Acknowledgments:
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Microsoft thanks the following for working with us to protect
customers:

- - Kazuyuki Housaka
     for reporting the Excel issue described in MS03-050.

Support:
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Technical support is available from Microsoft Product Support
Services at 1-866-PCSAFETY (1-866-727-2338). There is no charge for
support calls associated with security patches.

International customers can get support from their local Microsoft
subsidiaries. There is no charge for support associated with security
updates. Information on how to contact Microsoft support is available
at http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx.

Revisions:
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* V1.0 November 2003: Bulletin Created.
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