SUMMARY
Microsoft has released an update to Microsoft PowerPoint
2002. This update addresses a vulnerability that may allow malicious code to
run in a PowerPoint file without warning. Under normal circumstances, you
receive a warning in PowerPoint 2002 when you open a document containing
macros. However, it is possible for a malicious user to modify the macros in
such a way that a macro can run with no warning being issued. This may cause
damage to data or allow unauthorized retrieval of data from your system when
you visit a Web site or open an e-mail message. After you apply this update, a
warning will appear before you open a PowerPoint file containing
macros.
For more information on this issue, see the
Microsoft
Security Bulletin MS01-50: Malformed Excel or PowerPoint Document Can Bypass
Macro Security This article explains how to download and
install the Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Update: October 4, 2001.
NOTE: This Public Update is part of the Microsoft Office XP Service
Pack 1 (SP-1), but for your convenience the Public Update also is available
individually, as described in the "More Information" section of this article.
If you already applied Office XP SP-1, you do not need to apply this Public
Update.
For more information about the latest service pack for Microsoft Office
XP, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
307841
How to obtain the latest Office XP service pack
MORE INFORMATION
How to Download and Install the Update
Client Update
If you installed Office XP from a CD-ROM, you have two
options:
- Use the Office Product Updates Web site to automatically
install all of the latest updates that includes all available Service Packs and
Public Updates.
- Install only the Public Update
by using the steps described later.
Both options require that you have your Office XP CD-ROM
available throughout the installation process.
Office Product Updates
To have the Office Product Updates Web site detect the required
updates that you must install on your computer, visit the following Microsoft
Web site:
After detection is complete, you receive a list of recommended
updates for your approval. Click
Start Installation to
complete the process.
Install Only PowerPoint 2002 Update
Follow these steps to download and install the client update:
- Use your Web browser to browse to the following Microsoft
Web site:
- If you are prompted, click Download Now, click Save this program to disk, and then click
OK. Or, click Save to save the Ppt1001.exe file to the selected folder.
- In Windows Explorer, double-click Ppt1001.exe.
- If you are prompted to install the update, click Yes.
- Click Yes to accept the License Agreement.
- Insert your Office XP CD-ROM into your computer's CD-ROM or
DVD-ROM drive when you are prompted to do so, and then click OK.
- When you receive a message that indicates that the update
was applied successfully, click OK.
NOTE: After you install the public update, you cannot uninstall
it.
For more information about the Client Patch, click the link below
for the Office Tools on the Web article.
Administrative Update
If you installed Office XP from a server location, the server
administrator must update the server location with the administrative public
update and then deploy that update to your computer.
If you are the
server administrator, follow these steps to download the administrative update:
- Browse to the following Microsoft Web site:
- Download the file to your desktop.
- In Windows Explorer, double-click the Ppt1001a.exe file.
- Click Yes to accept the License Agreement.
- In the Please type the location where you want to
place the extracted files box, type
C:\Ppt1001a, and then click OK.
- Click Yes when you are prompted to create the folder.
- Click Start and then click Run. Type the following command in the Open box
msiexec /a admin path\MSI file /p C:\Ppt1001a\Powerpnt_admin.msp SHORTFILENAMES=1
- To deploy the update to an existing client installation,
click Start, and then click Run on the client computer. Type the following command in the Open box
msiexec /i admin path\MSI file REINSTALL=PPTFiles REINSTALLMODE=vomus
For more information about how to update
your administrative installation and deploy to client
workstations, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
301348
How to install public updates to administrative installations of Office XP
This article contains
standard instructions for installing an administrative public update.
Or, browse to the following article in the Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit:
How to Determine Whether the Public Update Is Installed
The update replaces the Powerpnt.exe file. The version of
PowerPoint 2002 that is displayed when you click
About Microsoft PowerPoint on the
Help menu is updated to 10.3207.2625.
Issues Fixed by the Update
Error in Slide Design Task Pane:
When you use the keyboard to navigate to the Slide
Design task pane, scroll through all the templates, and then select a template,
you may receive an error message. Then, PowerPoint quits.
Printed Presentation Contains Overlapped Text After Hyphens:
In some situations, PowerPoint overlaps text when
printing. The overlapping text occurs after hyphens.
POWERPNT.EXE!DeviceList__Remove Error Message When You Attempt to Quit PowerPoint:
After you print a presentation to multiple printers,
you may receive this error message when you attempt to quit
PowerPoint.
Change in Binary File Can Bypass Macro Controls:
A PowerPoint presentation can be altered in such a way
that the macros in the file will run without prompting a macro warning or being
stopped by macro controls.
Error Signatures
This update addresses the following error signatures:
App Name App Version Module Name Module Version Offset
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
powerpnt.exe 10.0.2623.0 ntdll.dll 5.0.2195.1600 00002460
powerpnt.exe 10.0.2623.0 ntdll.dll 5.0.2195.2779 00003941
powerpnt.exe 10.0.2623.0 ntdll.dll 5.1.2462.0 00001c12
powerpnt.exe 10.0.2623.0 ntdll.dll 5.1.2505.0 00001c40
powerpnt.exe 10.0.2623.0 ntdll.dll 5.1.2485.0 00016dcb