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MS12-021: Vulnerability in Visual Studio could allow elevation of privilege: March 13, 2012

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Introduction

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS12-021. You can view the complete security bulletin by visiting one of the following Microsoft websites:

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The following articles contain additional information about this update as it relates to individual product versions. The articles may contain specific information to the individual updates such as the download URL, prerequisites, and command-line switches. 
  • 2644980 MS12-021: Description of the security update for Visual Studio 2010: March 13, 2012
  • 2645410 MS12-021: Description of the security update for Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1: March 13, 2012
  • 2669970 MS12-021: Description of the security update for Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1: March 13, 2012
    Security update 2669970 is offered when the Visual Studio Macro Tools (also known as Visual Studio for Applications [VSA]) component is installed from Visual Studio 2010. This is because VSA was included as part of Visual Studio 2008, repackaged, and then included again as a separate component with Visual Studio 2010.

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Article Info
Article ID : 2651019
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 3/13/2012
Exists online : False
Views : 353