An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) AppVLP handles certain files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could elevate privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to convince a user to open a specially crafted file. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle these files.
Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability? No, the Preview Pane is not an attack vector.
Ben Faull of Microsoft Corporation