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**What Microsoft System Center Products are affected by this vulnerability?** This vulnerability affects the following products under the Microsoft System Center: * System Center Operations Manager * System Center Service Manager * System Center Orchestrator * System Center Data protection Manager * System Center Virtual Machine Manager For more information about these products see System Center documentation.

Use after free in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

**Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability?** No, the Preview Pane is not an attack vector.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution?** The word **Remote** in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally. For example, when the score indicates that the **Attack Vector** is **Local** and **User Interaction** is **Required**, this could describe an exploit in which an attacker, through social engineering, convinces a victim to download and open a specially crafted file from a website which leads to a local attack on their computer.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution?** The word **Remote** in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally. For example, when the score indicates that the **Attack Vector** is **Local** and **User Interaction** is **Required**, this could describe an exploit in which an attacker, through social engineering, convinces a victim to download and open a specially crafted file from a website which leads to a local attack on their computer.

Use after free in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Out-of-bounds read in Windows NTFS allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.

**Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability?** No, the Preview Pane is not an attack vector.

Out-of-bounds read in Windows NTFS allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

**How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?** An authenticated user could manipulate attributes on computer accounts they own or manage, and acquire a certificate from Active Directory Certificate Services that would allow elevation of privilege to System.