Strange shape outlines in some vector files

Hello,
I'm trying to figure out why in CS6 some vector files have this odd outline around shapes. It's visible when editing the file, exporting the file & placing it within Photoshop as a smart object. Please view the image below to see what I mean...

Here I've pasted the image from Illustrator into Photoshop Cs6 & Photoshop Cs5 for comparison.

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