Microsoft has released security bulletin MS05-023.
The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security
update. This includes the file manifest information and the deployment options.
To view the security bulletin, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:
Besides the issues that are described in the security bulletin,
the security update for Microsoft Word 2002 (KB887978) addresses the issues
that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:
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830807 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830807/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: May 5, 2004
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841540 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841540/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: May 17, 2004
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842319 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842319/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: May 17, 2004
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842522 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842522/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: May 21, 2004
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843182 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843182/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 10, 2004
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843610 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843610/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 25, 2004
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873328 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873328/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 22, 2004
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873341 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873341/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: August 2, 2004
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883928 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883928/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: September 10, 2004
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885840 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885840/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: September 13, 2004
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885879 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885879/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: September 27, 2004
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886793 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886793/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: October 1, 2004
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890331 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890331/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: November 19, 2004
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891436 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891436/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: December 16, 2004
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892922 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892922/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 17, 2005
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892558 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892558/) Microsoft Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 24, 2005
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893175 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893175/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 31, 2005
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893603 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893603/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 3, 2005
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894688 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894688/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 24, 2005
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895197 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/895197/) Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: March 3, 2005
Besides the issues that are described in the security bulletin,
the security update for Microsoft Word 2002 (KB887978) addresses the following
issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base
article:
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Script can be injected into the My Computer zone through
malicious modification of Word documents.
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Word documents may contain hidden images that become attachments when you send the Word document to an e-mail
recipient.
You may receive the following Microsoft Office XP error message:
Microsoft product has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. To see what data this error report contains, click here.
When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature that is similar to one of the following error signatures. These error signatures are fixed by this update.
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