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Article ID: 981169 - Last Review: May 8, 2012 - Revision: 3.0

MS10-022: Vulnerability in VBScript and Windows Help could allow remote code execution

Support for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) ends on July 12, 2011. To continue receiving security updates for Windows, make sure you're running Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 (SP2). For more information, refer to this Microsoft web page: Support is ending for some versions of Windows (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help/end-support-windows-xp-sp2-windows-vista-without-service-packs) .

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INTRODUCTION

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS10-022. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

How to obtain help and support for this security update

Help installing updates: Support for Microsoft Update (http://support.microsoft.com/ph/6527)

Security solutions for IT professionals: TechNet Security Troubleshooting and Support (http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bb980617.aspx)

Help protect your computer that is running Windows from viruses and malware: Virus Solution and Security Center (http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/cu_sc_virsec_master)

Local support according to your country: International Support (http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx)

MORE INFORMATION

Known issues and additional information about this security update

For more information about this security update and for information about any known issues with specific releases of this software, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
981332  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=981332/ ) MS10-022: Description of the security update for Visual Basic Scripting (VBScript) 5.8: April 13, 2010
981349  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=981349/ ) MS10-022: Description of the security update for Visual Basic Scripting (VBScript) 5.7: April 13, 2010
981350  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=981350/ ) MS10-022: Description of the security update for Visual Basic Scripting (VBScript) 5.6: April 13, 2010

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