Booby-trapped documents in Rich Text Format are being used for targeted attacks

There are booby-trapped documents being circulated in the Rich Text Format (RTF) that exploit a vulnerability in the 2010 version of Microsoft Word [CVE-2014-1761]. 

Microsoft Advisory published on Monday 24/Mar/2014 (2953095) [2] warns about the Vulnerability in Microsoft Word which could allow Remote Code Execution. A Temporary fix is available by Microsoft [3].

[1] ​http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/03/zero-day-vulnerability-in-microsoft-word-under-active-attack/

[2] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/advisory/2953095

[3] https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2953095