MS15-012: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office could allow remote code execution: February 10, 2015

Applies To

Excel 2013 SharePoint Server 2010 Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 Microsoft Word 2010 Excel 2010

Introduction

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office 2010 that could allow remote code execution if an attacker convinces a user to open or preview a specially crafted Office file in an affected version of Office software. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user.

Summary

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS15-012. Learn more about how to obtain the fixes that are included in this security bulletin:

For individual, small business, and organizational users, use the Windows automatic updating feature to install the fixes from Microsoft Update. To do this, see Get security updates automatically on the Microsoft Safety and Security Center website.
For IT professionals, see Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-012 on the Security TechCenter website.

How to obtain help and support for this security update

Help installing updates: Support for Microsoft Update

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Local support according to your country: International Support

More information about this security update

Known issues and additional information about this security update

The following articles contain additional information about this security update as it relates to individual product versions. The articles may contain known issue information. If this is the case, the known issue is listed under each article link.

2920753 MS15-012: Description of the security update for Microsoft Excel 2013: February 10, 2015
2920788 MS15-012: Description of the security update for Microsoft Excel 2007: February 10, 2015
2920791 MS15-012: Description of the security update for Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2007: February 10, 2015
2920810 MS15-012: Description of the security update for SharePoint Server 2010: February 10, 2015
2956058 MS15-012: Description of the security update for Office 2010: February 10, 2015
2956066 MS15-012: Description of the security update for Word 2010: February 10, 2015
2956070 MS15-012: Description of the security update for Office Web Apps 2010: February 10, 2015
2956073 MS15-012: Description of the security update for Office 2010 Proofing Tools: February 10, 2015
2956081 MS15-012: Description of the security update for Microsoft Excel 2010: February 10, 2015
2956092 MS15-012: Description of the security update for Word Viewer: February 10, 2015
2956097 MS15-012: Description of the security update for Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3: February 10, 2015
2956098 MS15-012: Description of the security update for Office Compatibility Pack SP3: February 10, 2015
2956099 MS15-012: Description of the security update for Word 2007: February 10, 2015