Applies To
Office Standard 2016 Office Professional 2016 Office Professional Plus 2016 Office Home and Business 2016 Office Home and Student 2016

Summary 

This security update resolves a Microsoft Office remote code execution vulnerability. To learn more about the vulnerability, see Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2025-54906.

Note: To apply this security update, you must have the release version of Microsoft Office 2016 installed on the computer.

Be aware that the update in the Microsoft Download Center applies to the Microsoft Installer (.msi)-based edition of Office 2016. It doesn't apply to the Office 2016 Click-to-Run editions, such as Microsoft Office 365 Home. (See What version of Office am I using?)

How to get and install the update

Method 1: Microsoft Update

This update is available from Microsoft Update. When you turn on automatic updating, this update will be downloaded and installed automatically. For more information about how to get security updates automatically, see Windows Update: FAQ.

Method 2: Microsoft Update Catalog

To get the standalone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

Method 3: Microsoft Download Center

You can get the standalone update package through the Microsoft Download Center. Follow the installation instructions on the download page to install the update.

More information

Security update deployment information

For deployment information about this update, see Deployments - Security Update Guide.

Security update replacement information

This security update replaces previously released security update 5002635.

File hash information

File name

SHA256 hash

msodll99l2016-kb5002766-fullfile-x86-glb.exe

F37883F7481634705C30D428E0D47225CBD086B5804ED638FC1ABEC6C206D655

msodll99l2016-kb5002766-fullfile-x64-glb.exe

AD8CFC4E733A69E99C819BF52C63E38B5AAC29754368BC9B03B045D140773AA9

File information

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Mso99lres.dll

16.0.4684.1000

95,01,424

12-Aug-25

08:40

Mso99lwin32client.dll.x64

16.0.5513.1000

81,85,872

12-Aug-25

08:41

Mso99lwin32client.dll.x86

16.0.5513.1000

58,78,288

12-Aug-25

08:40

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Mso99lres.dll

16.0.4666.1000

95,01,416

12-Aug-25

08:38

Mso99lres.dll.x86

16.0.4684.1000

95,01,424

12-Aug-25

08:43

Mso99lwin32client.dll.x64

16.0.5513.1000

81,85,872

12-Aug-25

08:38

Mso99lwin32client.dll.x86

16.0.5513.1000

58,78,288

12-Aug-25

08:43

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