Microsoft says that they're investigating public reports of a possible vulnerability in the Windows Help and Support Center delivered with supported editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. By exploiting the vulnerability an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code in affected system. Proof of concept exploit code for the vulnerability has been made public but Microsoft says that they're not currently aware of active attacks using it. However, they're monitoring the situation.
More information about the vulnerability and workarounds can be read from the correspondent security advisory.
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