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MS06-038: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office could allow remote code execution

Article ID:917284
Last Review:October 22, 2007
Revision:2.6
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Microsoft has released security bulletin MS06-038. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update, including file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:
•Home users
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/200607.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/200607.mspx)
•IT professionals
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-038.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-038.mspx)

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MORE INFORMATION

Service pack information

The problem that is addressed by this security update is now corrected in Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3). For more information about how to obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
870924 (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=870924/) How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003

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Issues that the security update fixes

Besides the issues that are described in the security bulletin, this security update addresses the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:
•
917150 (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=917150/) Description of the security update for Office XP, security update for Project 2002, and security update for Visio 2002: July 11, 2006
•
917151 (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=917151/) Description of the security update for Office 2003: July 11, 2006
•
917152 (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=917152/) Description of the security update for Office 2000 and the security update for Project 2000: July 11, 2006

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2
•Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1
•Microsoft Office Access 2003
•Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003
•Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
•Microsoft Office OneNote 2003
•Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
•Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003
•Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
•Microsoft Office Project Server 2003
•Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
•Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003
•Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003
  Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
  Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
  Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Standard Edition
  Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
  Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
  Microsoft Publisher 2002 Standard Edition
  Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional Edition
  Microsoft Visio 2002 Standard Edition
  Microsoft Word 2002
•Microsoft Access 2000 Service Pack 3
•Microsoft Excel 2000 Service Pack 3
•Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Service Pack 3
•Microsoft Outlook 2000 Service Pack 3
•Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Service Pack 3
•Microsoft Word 2000 Service Pack 3
•Microsoft Works Suite 2006
•Microsoft Works Suite 2005
•Microsoft Works Suite 2004
•Microsoft Project 2002 Standard Edition
•Microsoft Visio 2002 Service Pack 2
•Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Standard Edition
•Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Professional Edition
•Microsoft Office X for Mac Standard Edition

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Keywords: 
kbqfe kbsecurity kbsecbulletin kbsecvulnerability kbwinxppresp2fix kbbug kbfix kbwinserv2003presp1fix kbwin2000presp5fix kbwinnt400presp7fix kbpubtypekc KB917284

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