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This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for May 2009.
The full version of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for May 2009 can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-may.mspx.
With the release of the bulletins for May 2009, this bulletin summary replaces the bulletin advance notification originally issued on May 7, 2009. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/advance.mspx.
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Critical Security Bulletins
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-017 PowerPoint Bulletin - Affected Software: - Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 Service Pack 3 - Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 Service Pack 3 - Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Service Pack 3 - Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Service Pack 1 - Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Service Pack 2 - PowerPoint Viewer 2003 - PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Service Pack 1 - PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Service Pack 2 - Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 1 - Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 2 Note: For Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Service Pack 2, customers also need to install the security update for Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 2 to be protected from the vulnerabilities described in this bulletin. The updates for Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac, Open XML File Format Converter for Mac, Microsoft Works 8.5, Microsoft Works 9.0 are still in development. Microsoft will issue updates on the regular bulletin release cycle for these product lines when testing is complete to ensure quality. Microsoft is able to release this current update because we have updates ready on the regular bulletin release cycle for an entire product line to address the vast majority of customers at risk. We are aware of active exploitation on versions of Microsoft Office PowerPoint running on Windows operating systems. - Impact: Remote Code Execution - Version Number: 1.0
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