MS06-038: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office could allow remote code execution (917284)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Office Access 2003
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2003
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Viewer
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2003
  • Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003
  • Microsoft Office OneNote 2003
  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
  • Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003
  • Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
  • Microsoft Office Project Server 2003
  • Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
  • Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003
  • Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2003
  • Microsoft Office Word 2003
  • Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003
  • Microsoft Office XP, All Editions Service Pack 3 (SP-3), when used with:
    • Microsoft Access 2002
    • Microsoft Excel 2002
    • Microsoft FrontPage 2002
    • Microsoft Outlook 2002
    • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
    • Microsoft Publisher 2002
    • Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional
    • Microsoft Visio 2002 Standard
    • Microsoft Word 2002
  • Microsoft Access 2000 SP3
  • Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3)
  • Microsoft Outlook 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3)
  • Microsoft Publisher 2000 SP3
  • Microsoft Word 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3)
  • Microsoft Works Suite 2006
  • Microsoft Works Suite 2005
  • Microsoft Works Suite 2004
  • Microsoft Project 2002
  • Microsoft Project 2000, Service Release 1 (SR-1)
  • Microsoft Visio 2002 Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Professional Edition
  • Microsoft Office v. X for Mac
Microsoft has released security bulletin MS06-038. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update, including file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

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Issues that the security update fixes

Besides the issues that are described in the security bulletin, this security update addresses the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

  • 917150 Description of the security update for Office XP, security update for Project 2002, and security update for Visio 2002: July 11, 2006

  • 917151 Description of the security update for Office 2003: July 11, 2006

  • 917152 Description of the security update for Office 2000 and the security update for Project 2000: July 11, 2006

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/23/2006
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