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

Summary

This security update resolves a Microsoft Office elevation of privilege vulnerability. To learn more about the vulnerability, see Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2024-43600.

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.

Note: This update only applies to the 64-bit version of Office 2016.

More information

Security update deployment information

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

Security update replacement information

This security update doesn't replace any previously released update.

File hash information

File name

SHA256 hash

patchca2016-kb2920716-fullfile-x64-glb.exe

2AD56B1F79BC28692C9684AD087E23DFC26D6577E8253F4D786EA565BEFC442B

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