MS06-062: Vulnerabilities in Office could allow remote code execution

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS06-062. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update. This information includes file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

• Home users:
  http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/200610.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/200610.mspx)
• IT professionals:
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-062.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-062.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

In addition to 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:

• 923272  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923272/ ) Description of the security update for Office 2003: October 10, 2006
• 923273  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923273/ ) Description of the security update for Office XP: October 10, 2006
• 923274  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923274/ ) Description of the security update for Office 2000: October 10, 2006