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Microsoft Word Malformed Data Structures Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited in the wild.

December 14, 2006: A proof-of-concept document '12122006-djtest.doc' that was originally thought to be exploiting this issue is being removed from this record because the '12122006-djtest.doc' file actually exploits a different vulnerability. Please see BID 21589 (Microsoft Word Code Execution Vulnerability) for more information.

February 1, 2007: A new variant named Trojan.Mdropper.X that is known to be exploiting this issue in the wild has been detected.