Description of the security update for Office 2016: April 11, 2017

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

Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office that turns off the Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) Filter in Office by default, as a defense-in-depth measure. We are aware of limited targeted attacks that could leverage an unpatched vulnerability in the EPS filter, and we are taking this action to help reduce customer risk until the security update is released.

We strongly recommend against turning on the EPS filter at this time. However, customers who need to turn on the EPS filter can reference KB Article 2479871:

  • 2479871 Security settings for graphic filters for Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Office 2016, Microsoft Office 2013, Microsoft Office 2010, and the 2007 Microsoft Office system

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

Improvements and fixes

This update includes the following improvements and fixes:

  • If some document fields are marked as "required" in a SharePoint library, they don't appear as required fields in the Info pane when the document is opened in Office applications.
  • The Microsoft Dynamics CRM connector name is changed from "Dynamics CRM Online" to "Dynamics 365 (online)."
  • Corrects the translation of Outline View in Danish in PowerPoint 2016.
  • When you open a OneDrive-synchronized file for the first time in Microsoft Visio 2016, the sign-in dialog box appears unexpectedly.
  • After you install this update, you can make a high-importance message more prominent in Skype for Business.

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 stand-alone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

Method 3: Microsoft Download Center

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

More Information

Security update replacement information

This security update replaces previously released security update KB3127986.

File hash information

Package Name Package Hash SHA 1 Package Hash SHA 2
mso2016-kb3178702-fullfile-x64-glb.exe 7FF5382B223B7ADB1F435E98441AB33DA4F1B21A 971BDC4B63A591BEFD5D53D901F92C92CF4B4B8936CEBF0C86FE1AD6F962CDA3
mso2016-kb3178702-fullfile-x86-glb.exe E54652726390CAB09F1C3FBC22B1FD5B0E8C7ED6 07E0D6B4033F522D11F11EC2253024859D033AAB029EBB6A73C024EB5DEA083C

File information

The English version of this security update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following tables.

For all supported x86-based versions of Microsoft Office 2016
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