MS06-012: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office could allow remote code execution

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS06-012. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update. This includes file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

• Home users
  http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/200603.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/200603.mspx)
• IT professionals
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-012.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-012.mspx)

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:

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:

• 905649  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905649/ ) Description of the security update for Outlook 2002: March 14, 2006
• 905646  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905646/ ) Description of the security update for Outlook 2000: March 14, 2006
• 905754  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905754/ ) Description of the security update for Word 2002: March 14, 2006
• 905553  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905553/ ) Description of the security update for Word 2000: March 14, 2006
• 905756  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905756/ ) Description of the security update for Excel 2003: March 14, 2006
• 905755  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905755/ ) Description of the security update for Excel 2002: March 14, 2006
• 905757  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905757/ ) Description of the security update for Excel 2000: March 14, 2006
• 914451  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914451/ ) Description of the security update for Excel 2003 Viewer: March 14, 2006
• 905758  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905758/ ) Description of the security update for PowerPoint 2002: March 14, 2006
• 905555  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905555/ ) Description of the security update for PowerPoint 2000: March 14, 2006